COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 107 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
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 CASR 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 aircraft or 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.
Parachute Equipment
AD/PARA/12 Parachutes de France - Emergency
Parachutes
3/2004
DM
Applicability: Parachutes de France (PdF) emergency parachutes manufactured between 1 January 1987 and 28 February 1989, with serial numbers 87 01 001 through 89 02 xxx.
Requirement: Inspect steering lines trailing edge attachment tapes of affected emergency parachutes in accordance with PdF Service Bulletin No. 2/2003, dated 19 December 2003.
Immediately remove the parachute from service if inspection reveals double sewing without back-stitching over attachment tape, as described in Figure A of the Requirement document, or evidence of any kind of failure initiation on any part of the steering attachment on and around the tape.
Note: DGAC AD F-2004-015 refers.
Compliance: Before further use after 11 February 2004.
This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 11 February 2004.
Background: An accident occurred when a Minimax 5 emergency parachute opened. Initial analysis of an investigation has revealed that a specific stitching type could have contributed to secondary steering line edge attachment tape failure. Failure of attachment tapes may lead to canopy control difficulties.
David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 6 February 2004
The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 February 2004.
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