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AD/A320/169 Amdt 1 - Fuel Tank Electrical Bonding
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| AD/A320/169 Amdt 1 | Fuel Tank Electrical Bonding | 9/2006 |
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| Applicability: | Airbus A318, A319, A320 and A321 series aeroplanes, all serial numbers, except aeroplanes that had Airbus modification 31892 incorporated during production or Airbus Service Bulletin (SB) A320-28-1104 Revision 03 dated 23 February 2006 embodied whilst in service. |
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| Requirement: | 1. For aeroplanes without A320-28-1104 Revision 00, 01 or 02 embodied: |
| Modify the electrical bonding of all structure and systems installed inside the fuel centre tank in accordance with SB A320-28-1104 Revision 03 or later EASA approved revision. | |
| 2. For aeroplanes with A320-28-1104 Revision 00, 01 or 02 embodied: | |
| Modify the electrical bonding of all structure and systems installed inside the fuel centre tank in accordance with SB A320-28-1104 Revision 03 or later EASA approved revision. | |
| Note: EASA AD 2006-0176 refers. | |
| Compliance: | For Requirement 1 - Before 31 December 2009. |
| For Requirement 2 - Before 31 December 2012. | |
| This Amendment becomes effective on 31 August 2006. | |
| Background: | Following the TWA800 in flight incident the United States Federal Aviation Administration issued Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) 88. The European Joint Aviation Authorities adopted similar regulations to SFAR 88 requiring a design review against fuel tank explosion risks. |
| The original issue of this Directive rendered mandatory the improvement of electrical bonding in the centre fuel tank in accordance with SB A320-28-1104 or later approved version. Subsequently, it was noticed that some bonding points were omitted from SB A320-28-1104 Revisions 00, 01 and 02. |
| This Amendment mandates the use of SB A320-28-1104 Revision 03 or later EASA approved revision and changes the State of design AD reference to an EASA AD. | |
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| The original issue of this Directive became effective on 14 April 2005. |