Emergency Equipment
Emergency Equipment
Emergency Equipment
| AD/EMY/35 | Life Vest Valise Zipper | 6/2008 |
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| Applicability: | FOLA Airsafe life vests type A-190 and A-290. |
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| Requirement: | Inspect the zipper on the life vest valise and perform the actions described in FOLA Airsafe Service Bulletin 9-387 rev. A or later revision.Note: Luftfarstsstyrelsen / Swedish Civil Aviation Authority SAD No.1-201 refers. |
| Compliance: | Within 90 days of the effective date of this Airworthiness Directive. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 5 June 2008. | |
| Background: | Valises for life vests of type Airsafe A-190 and Airsafe A-290 may have an error in the zippers from manufacture. Installation of an incorrect zipper could lead to an uncontrolled inflation of the life vest. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
16 April 2008