Airbus A319, A320 and A321 Series Aeropl
Airbus A319, A320 and A321 Series Aeroplanes
Airbus A319, A320 and A321 Series Aeroplanes
| AD/A320/43 Amdt 3 | Passenger Doors 1 and 4 | 10/2017 |
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| Applicability: | All models of Airbus A320 and A321 that had Modification 22422 incorporated on the production line, and do not have Modification 24497 or Airbus Service Bulletin (SB) A320-52-1064 as in force from time to time incorporated. |
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| Requirement: | 1. Action in accordance with the requirements of Airbus All Operator Telex A320/AOT 52-07 as in force at the commencement of this legislative instrument, or Airbus SB A320-52-1066 as in force from time to time.2. Install shouldered bushes in accordance with the requirements of Airbus SB A320-52-1064 as in force from time to time.Note 1: This AD is based on DGAC AD 95-004-062(B)R1.Note 2: The words “as in force from time to time” require compliance with the most recent version of the referenced document. |
| Compliance: | 1. Within 450 hours time in service after 25 January 1995, thereafter, and until modified, at intervals specified in the Requirement Documents.2. Prior to 30 April 1996.Note 3: Previous compliance with any requirement in AD/A320/43 Amdt 2 constitutes compliance with the same requirement in this AD. |
| This AD commences on 26 May 2017. | |
| Background: | This Directive was issued to prevent jamming of passenger doors 1 and 4 due to bush migration in the opening mechanism.Amendment 1 included an alternative Requirement Document.Amendment 2 clarified the Applicability statement to exclude aircraft modified in accordance with AD/A320/36 Amdt. 2. |
| Amendment 3 further clarifies the applicability of the AD by including A321 models in accordance with DGAC AD 95-004-062(B)R1. |
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Pieter van Dijk
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
17 May 2017