COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Airbus Industrie A319, A320 and A321 Series Aeroplanes
AD/A320/82 Wing Rear Spar Pressurised Floor Pick-Up Angles 6/97
Applicability: All models and Serial numbers without Mod. no. 21283 embodied or SB A320-57- 1025 Rev. 2 incorporated.
Requirement: Inspect in accordance with Airbus Industrie SB A320-57-1090, and repair as necessary in accordance with Airbus Industrie SB A320-57-1025 Rev. 2.
Note: DGAC AD 97-084-097(B) refers.
Compliance: Before the accumulation of 20 000 flight cycles, thereafter, at intervals not exceeding 10 000 flight cycles.
Where cracking is detected, repair at the thresholds specified in SB A320-57-1090. This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 22 May 1997.
Background: This Directive is raised in order to detect any fatigue cracking in the pressurised floor pick up angles, an unsafe condition that could lead to failure which in turn could affect the structural integrity of the aircraft.