Emergency Equipment
Emergency Equipment
Emergency Equipment
| AD/EMY/2 Amdt 7 | Life Jackets and Inflatable Flotation Devices | 5/2016 |
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| Applicability: | All life jackets and inflatable flotation devices not subject to a System of Maintenance, which are installed or intended to be installed in an aircraft to which Part 42 of CASR 1998 applies. |
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| Requirement: | Inspect and test in accordance with requirements in instructions issued by the manufacturer. This is to be undertaken by an organisation approved for the purpose by CASA. |
| Compliance: | In accordance with:(1) The approved maintenance data; or(2) Within 2 years of the date of manufacture and thereafter at intervals not exceeding 1 year. |
| The effective date of this AD is 26 February 2016. | |
| Background: | Life jackets fall within the definition of aircraft components. Amendment 5 was issued to include inflatable flotation devices.Amendment 6 was issued to permit inspection intervals to be in accordance with manufacturer’s approved data if that allows a period greater than 2 years from manufacture, then every year. |
| Amendment 7 is issued to limit the applicability to Part 42 aircraft only. This AD will be repealed after the requirements are incorporated into a future amendment of the Part 42 Manual of Standards. |
Pieter van Dijk
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
22 February 2016