COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Boeing 737 Series Aeroplanes
AD/B737/18
Amdt 1
Applicability: All model 737 aircraft. Requirement: Either:
Take-Off Warning 6/96
- Action in accordance with FAA AD 88-22-09 Amdt 39-6054; or
2. Where a Take-off Configuration Warning System (TOCWS) Aural Warning Module part number 69-78214-1 is installed on the aeroplane, perform an operational and functional check of the TOCWS in accordance with Boeing Service Letter 737-SL-31-034 dated 31 May 1995.
Compliance: For Requirement 1 - This compliance remains unchanged as `Within 200 hours time in service from 9 December 1988 and thereafter at intervals not exceeding 200 hours time in service’.
For Requirement 2 - Effective 23 May 1996, initially within 500 hours time in service from a check in accordance with Requirement 1 and thereafter at intervals not to exceed 500 hours time in service.
Background: A significant number of take-off configuration warning systems were discovered to be inoperative during a one-time inspection of all Boeing 727 aircraft. This amendment introduces an alternate method of compliance, with an extension of the repetitive check period.