1AD/EMY/8 - Life Jackets - Inspection and Modification

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 107 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Emergency Equipment

AD/EMY/8 Life Jackets - Inspection and Modification 9/72

Applicability: All RFD life jackets P/No. RFD/AUST/3/R162 with S/No. A01 to A233 fitted with nylon operating head P/No. RFD/3494/72 and Sparklet cylinder P/No. 3191/09.

Requirement: 1. Check Sparklet cylinder P/N 3191/09 for penetration of the copper sealing disc by the actuating needle of the operating head P/N RFD/3494/72. If there are signs that the needle has contacted the sealing disc, replace the operating head with an operating head Miniflater type P/N RFD/3494/109 before the jacket is worn or carried in an aircraft.

2. Replace the operating heads P/N RFD/3494/72 with P/N RFD/3494/109.

Compliance: Para. 1 - Inspection: Before further flight after 1 September 1972 and thereafter at intervals not exceeding 7 days.

Para. 2 - Modification: Not later than the next annual inspection of the life jacket after 1 September (AD/EMY/2 refers).