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AD/A320/82 Amdt 1	Wing Rear Spar PressurisedFloor Pick-Up Angles	11/2017

Applicability:	All Airbus A320 models and serial numbers without Mod. No. 21283 embodied or Service Bulletin (SB) A320-57-1025 as in force from time to time incorporated.
Requirement:	Inspect in accordance with Airbus SB A320-57-1090 as in force from time to time, and repair as necessary in accordance with Airbus SB A320-57-1025 as in force from time to time.Note 1: This AD is based on DGAC AD 97-084-097(B).Note 2: The words “as in force from time to time” require compliance with the most recent version of the referenced document.
Compliance:	Before the accumulation of 20 000 flight cycles, thereafter, at intervals not exceeding 10 000 flight cycles.Where cracking is detected, repair at the thresholds specified in SB A320-57-1090 as in force from time to time.Note 3: Previous compliance with any requirement in AD/A320/82 constitutes compliance with the same requirement in this AD.
	This AD commences on 26 May 2017.
Background:	This Directive was issued to detect any fatigue cracking in the pressurised floor pick up angles, an unsafe condition that could lead to failure which in turn could affect the structural integrity of the aircraft.Amendment 1 is issued to clarify the AD applicability.

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Pieter van Dijk
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

18 May 2017