AD/B767/122 Amdt 1 Off-Wing Escape Slide Compartment Door Latches and Disconnect Housings (Cth)

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

On the effective date specified below, and for the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/B767/122 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.001(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.

Boeing 767 Series Aeroplanes

AD/B767/122 Amdt 1 Off-Wing Escape Slide Compartment Door Latches and Disconnect Housings 8/2006

Applicability:

Model 767-200 and -300 series aircraft, as listed in Boeing Service Bulletin
767-25A0260 Revision 3, or later FAA approved revision; equipped with Goodrich off-wing ramp/slide having basic part numbers 101630-XXX, 101654-XXX,
101655-XXX, or 101656-XXX, where X is a variable; excluding those aircraft that have been converted from a passenger to freighter configuration, and on which the off-wing escape system has been removed or deactivated.

Requirement:

Inspect in accordance with the technical requirements of FAA AD 2000-11-19 R1 Amdt 39-14637.

Compliance:

As specified in the Requirement document, with a revised effective date of
3 August 2006.

This Amendment becomes effective on 3 August 2006.

Background:

The FAA received reports of worn and damaged door latches and disconnect housings in the off-wing escape slide compartments.  Non-deployment of an escape slide during an emergency could slow down the evacuation of the aircraft and result in injury to passengers or flight crew.

Amendment 1 is issued in response to a revision of the related FAA AD, which revises applicability by introducing a later revision of the referenced service bulletin which removes aircraft not subject to the identified unsafe condition.

David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

19 June 2006