AD/DHC-8/42 - Door Labels

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

 


Bombardier (Boeing Canada/De Havilland) DHC-8 Series Aeroplanes

 

AD/DHC-8/42 Door Labels 12/95

Applicability: Model DHC-8 aircraft, all series, with serial numbers 3 through 402.

 

Requirement: Carry out the label replacement procedure of the Accomplishment Instructions of de Havilland Service Bulletin 8-11-14.

 

Note: Transport Canada AD CF-87-07R1 refers.

 

Compliance: Unless already accomplished, before 30 November 1995.

 

Background: Instances have been reported of passengers mistaking the passenger exit door handle for the toilet door handle and depressurising the aircraft while searching for the toilet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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