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AD/BELL 204/29 - Emergency Exit Latch Pin

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This Airworthiness Directive requires Bell Model 204B operators to inspect and modify emergency exit latch pins in accordance with FAA AD 77‑17‑05, before issuing an Australian Certificate of Airworthiness and then at intervals not exceeding 300 hours time in service. It is issued to ensure latch pins are engaged and to provide inspection holes for each exit retractable pin (Background). Aircraft owners/operators must arrange and pay for the work; compliance is enforced by the CASA delegate under CAR 1998 subregulation 39.1(1).

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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 CAR 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.

AD/BELL 204/29 Emergency Exit Latch Pin

AD/BELL 204/29 Emergency Exit Latch Pin 8/2000

Applicability: Model 204B.

Requirement: Comply with the technical requirements of FAA AD 77-17-05.

Compliance: Inspect and modify before the initial issue of an Australian CofA, and then inspect at intervals not exceeding 300 hours time in service.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 10 August 2000.

Background: This directive is issued to assure that emergency exit latch pin is engaged and to provide inspection holes for each exit retractable pin. It also follows the re- introduction of the AD Series after sixteen years.

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David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 6 July 2000

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The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 July 2000.

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

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 CAR 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.

AD/BELL 204/29 Emergency Exit Latch Pin AD/BELL 204/29 Emergency Exit Latch Pin 8/2000

AD/BELL 204/29 Emergency Exit Latch Pin 8/2000

Applicability: Model 204B.

Requirement: Comply with the technical requirements of FAA AD 77-17-05.

Compliance: Inspect and modify before the initial issue of an Australian CofA, and then inspect at intervals not exceeding 300 hours time in service.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 10 August 2000.

David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 6 July 2000

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 July 2000.