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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

Fokker F28 Series Aeroplanes

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (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 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.

AD/F28/84 Flight Crew Seat Shoulder Harness 3/2000

Applicability: All aircraft equipped with Pacific Scientific Model 0108900 series flight crew shoulder harness assemblies.

Requirement: Perform a one-time inspection and functional check of the shoulder harness in accordance with Fokker Services’ SB F28/25-103.

Note: RLD AD 1999-139 dated 29 October 1999 refers.

Compliance: Before 23 September 2000.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 23 March 2000.

Background:  There is an overseas report that a pilot’s shoulder harness pulled out of the inertia reel completely due to an incorrectly attached reel mechanism.

Eugene Paul Holzapfel

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 11 February 2000

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 February 2000.