COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 107 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Emergency Equipment
AD/EMY/21 | Life Jackets (RFD) - Inspection | 9/84 |
Applicability: | All RFD life jackets type 80 MK2, type 80 MK2BA and type 1001. |
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Requirement: | Accomplish one of the following:- |
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- (a) Inspect for discolouration, brittleness to touch or porosity; and
(b) Pressure test - inflate life jacket with clean dry air to 3 P.S.I. No loss of pressure is permitted over one minute. Inflate to 300mm water gauge. Max loss permitted, 20mm over five minutes.
2. Test in accordance with a scheme acceptable to the Secretary.
3. Return life jacket to RFD service agent for inspection and test.
Note: Major defect reports must be submitted detailing serial number of defective life jacket and the nature of the deterioration.
Compliance: Unless already accomplished within the last six months, before 30 November 1984.
Background: This Directive is issued to ensure the integrity of life jackets made from material specification DTI-MS3/14/0446 by Bramac Industries.