1AD/GENERAL/74 - Front Seat Occupant Restraint Installation

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Aircraft - General

AD/GENERAL/74 Front Seat Occupant Restraint Installation 8/95

Applicability: All aircraft other than lighter than air aircraft.

Requirement: Unless already accomplished, install an approved safety harness consisting of a lap belt and at least a single shoulder strap at each flight crew station and each cockpit front seat.

Note 1: See AD/RES/29.

Note 2: The restraint system for each crewmember seat must allow the crewmember, when seated with the safety harness fastened, to perform all functions necessary for flight operations.

Compliance: Prior to 1 March 1996.

Background: The value of upper torso restraint for a vastly improved chance of survival from an emergency landing is well documented. Most aircraft on the Australian register have been required to be fitted with upper torso restraint for front seat occupants for many years. This Directive is raised to ensure that front seat occupants in all Australian registered aircraft are afforded the same level of protection.