Ad/Para/17 - Parachute Shop Parachutes - Removal from Service (Cth)

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.001(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.

Parachute Equipment

AD/PARA/17 Parachute Shop Parachutes - Removal
from Service 11/2006 DM

Applicability:

Parachute Harnesses type DUO420, DUO TANDEM, MODULE, VECTRA, VECTRA ECOLE and VECTRA HDT2 Voltige; and Parachute Reserve Canopies type ONYX 380 SECOURS, DUO 420 SECOURS, VEGA 120, VEGA 145, VEGA 180 and VEGA 220, all manufactured by Parachute Shop AFTER 1 January 2001.

Requirement:

Use of the above listed equipment with a manufacturing date after 1 January 2001 is prohibited and the equipment must be removed from service.

Note:  EASA AD 2006-0279 refers.

Compliance:

From the Effective Date of this directive.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 20 September 2006.

Background:

The Parachute Shop Company, without having a production organisation approval, has manufactured and delivered parachute equipment after 1 January 2001.  Consequently, this equipment must be considered unapproved and must be withdrawn from service immediately.

David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

13 September 2006