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AD/DHC-3/27 - Front Seat Restraint Installation

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This rule is a safety upgrade for DHC-3 Otter aircraft (a rugged Canadian-built utility plane popular in regional Australia). It mandates that owners must replace or upgrade the front seat seatbelts with a proper safety harness (a strapping system that better protects occupants during crashes or turbulence).

What needs to happen:

Install an approved safety harness in each front seat
Follow a technical installation plan approved by the Secretary (the senior government official responsible for aviation safety at the time)
Use Airworthiness Advisory Circular No. 2 (March 1972) as the technical guide for how to do the work

Who it affects: Anyone operating a DHC-3 Otter, regardless of specific model variant.

Why it matters: Standard lap belts weren't providing enough protection in accidents; harnesses reduce the risk of serious injury by keeping occupants properly restrained.

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AD/DHC-3/27 - Front Seat Restraint Installation

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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/DHC-3/27 Front Seat Restraint Installation 9/72

Applicability: All models.

Requirement: Modify each front seat restraint installation by fitting at safety harness in accordance with a scheme approved by the Secretary.

Note: Guidelines for installation schemes ar outlined in Airworthiness Advisory Circular No 2 dated March 1972.

Compliance: Before 1 October 1973.

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