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AD/B737/53 - Flight Attendant Seats

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This airworthiness directive makes FAA AD 90-26-05 mandatory for Australian-registered Boeing 737‑300/400/500 aircraft fitted with Transaero P/N 91466 double flight‑attendant seats, requiring the inspections and corrective actions the FAA AD prescribes. It responds to reported cracked, bent or fractured seat bottoms apparently caused by manufacturing defects. Operators of affected aircraft must carry out the work by the stated compliance date and will generally bear the related inspection, repair or replacement costs unless otherwise contractually agreed.

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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AD/B737/53 Flight Attendant Seats 3/91

Applicability: Model 737-300, 737-400 and 737-500 series; equipped with Transaero p/n 91466 series double flight attendant seats.

Requirement: Action in accordance with the technical requirements of FAA AD 90-26-05 Amdt 39- 6832.

Note: Transaero SB 176 refers.

Compliance: As specified in the Requirement Document with revised effective date of 21 March 1991.

Background: There have been reported instances of bent, fractured, broken, cracked or otherwise damaged seat bottoms of certain double flight attendant seats manufactured by Transaero. These conditions were apparently caused by the incorrect manufacture o these seats.

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