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AD/B737/222 - Forward Door Escape Slide Stowage Compartments

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CASA requires airlines and owners of Boeing 737‑300/‑400/‑500 aircraft to carry out inspections and modifications specified in FAA AD 2004‑02‑08 and Boeing Service Bulletin 737‑25‑1430 Rev 1 to secure forward door escape slide stowage compartments. The rule is aimed at preventing slides from falling into the cabin and inflating there, which could block evacuation. Compliance follows the FAA technical instructions and must be completed by 15 April 2004; the costs and work fall on the aircraft operators.

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AD/B737/222 - Forward Door Escape Slide Stowage Compartments

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

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For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CASR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

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Boeing 737 Series Aeroplanes

AD/B737/222 Forward Door Escape Slide Stowage

Compartments

4/2004

Applicability: Model 737-300, -400, and –500 series aircraft; as listed in Boeing Service Bulletin 737-25-1430 Revision 1, dated 10 April 2003.

Requirement: Action in accordance with the technical requirements of FAA AD 2004-02-08 Amdt 39-13443.

Compliance: As specified in the Requirement document, with a revised effective date of 15 April 2004.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 15 April 2004.

Background: The FAA requires certain actions which are intended to prevent forward door escape slides from falling out of their stowage compartments into the aircraft interior and inflating; which could impede an evacuation in the event of an emergency.

Signature of David Villiers, Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.

David Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 4 March 2004

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The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 March 2004.

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

Boeing 737 Series Aeroplanes

AD/B737/222 Forward Door Escape Slide Stowage

Compartments

4/2004

Applicability: Model 737-300, -400, and –500 series aircraft; as listed in Boeing Service Bulletin 737-25-1430 Revision 1, dated 10 April 2003.

Requirement: Action in accordance with the technical requirements of FAA AD 2004-02-08 Amdt 39-13443.

Compliance: As specified in the Requirement document, with a revised effective date of 15 April 2004.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 15 April 2004.

David Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 4 March 2004

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 March 2004.

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