Boeing 767 Series Aeroplanes
Boeing 767 Series Aeroplanes
Boeing 767 Series Aeroplanes
| AD/B767/254 | Door Mounted Escape Slides and Slide Rafts | 12/2009 |
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| Applicability: | Model 767-200 and -300 series aircraft, line numbers 1 through 793, and equipped with door-mounted escape slide systems; as identified in Boeing Service Bulletin 767-25A0266 Revision 3, or later FAA approved revision. |
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| Requirement: | Action in accordance with the technical requirements of FAA AD 2009-20-02 Amdt 39-16025. |
| Compliance: | As specified in the Requirement document, with a revised effective date of19 November 2009. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 19 November 2009. | |
| Background: | The FAA AD related to this Directive requires certain actions which are intended to prevent the escape slides and slide rafts of the forward and mid-cabin entry and service doors from being too steep for evacuation; in the event that the aircraft rotates onto the aft fuselage into the extreme tip-back condition. In the extreme tip-back condition, the forward and mid-cabin exits could result in steeper sliding angles, which could cause injury to passengers and crewmembers during an emergency evacuation. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
30 September 2009