COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE
For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive AD/A320/144 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 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.
Airbus Industrie A319, A320 and A321 Series Aeroplanes
AD/A320/144
Amdt 1
Elevator 1/2003
Applicability: All Model A319, A320, and A321 aircraft.
Requirement: Action in accordance with the requirements of DGAC AD 2002-514(B) R1.
Note: Airbus Industrie Service Bulletins A320-27-1132 and A320-27-1114 refer.
Compliance: As specified in the Requirement document, with a revised effective date of 23 January 2003.
This Amendment becomes effective on 23 January 2003.
Background: Several operators reported airframe vibrations originating from the elevator surfaces. Investigation, including flight test analysis, revealed that these vibrations may occur with current elevator neutral setting combined with backlash at elevator servo attachments.
Amendment 1 is issued in response to a revision of the Requirement document, which modifies the compliance conditions.
The original issue of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on 28 November 2002.
David Alan Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 29 November 2002
The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 December 2002.
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