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AD/PZL/6 - Inspection of safety belts

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This Airworthiness Directive orders owners/operators of PZL M18, M18A and M18B aeroplanes fitted with specified safety-harness part numbers (manufactured after 1 Jan 1994) to inspect those harnesses and replace them if necessary, following PZL Mandatory Service Bulletin E/02.184/2003. Compliance was required before 24 July 2003 (effective 10 July 2003). The directive responds to findings that some belt adjusters were incorrectly attached, causing belts to fail below design strength, so it mandates corrective work to restore the harnesses to the required strength.

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

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For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CASR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

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PZL M18 Dromader Series Aeroplanes

AD/PZL/6 Inspection of Safety Belts 7/20

AD/PZL/6 Inspection of Safety Belts 7/2003

Applicability: All Models PZL M18, M18A, and M18B aircraft fitted with safety harnesses P/N D74.183.2L, D74.183.00.2P or D74.186.00.1 manufactured after 01 January 1994.

Requirement: Inspect and, if required, replace the safety harnesses in accordance with PZL Mandatory Service Bulletin E/02.184/2003.

Note: Polish AD SP-0010-2003-D refers

Compliance: Before 24 July 2003.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 10 July 2003.

Background: The manufacturer has advised that some belt length adjusters have been found to have been incorrectly attached to the safety harness. Tests revealed that the incorrectly manufactured belts fail at less than the design strength.

Signature of David Villiers Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

David Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 23 May 2003

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The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 June 2003.

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

PZL M18 Dromader Series Aeroplanes

AD/PZL/6 Inspection of Safety Belts 7/20 AD/PZL/6 Inspection of Safety Belts 7/2003

AD/PZL/6 Inspection of Safety Belts 7/2003

Applicability: All Models PZL M18, M18A, and M18B aircraft fitted with safety harnesses P/N D74.183.2L, D74.183.00.2P or D74.186.00.1 manufactured after 01 January 1994.

Requirement: Inspect and, if required, replace the safety harnesses in accordance with PZL Mandatory Service Bulletin E/02.184/2003.

Note: Polish AD SP-0010-2003-D refers

Compliance: Before 24 July 2003.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 10 July 2003.

David Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 23 May 2003

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 June 2003.