COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 107 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Restraint Equipment
AD/RES/30 Aeronautique Equipment Seat Belts, Harnesses
and Cargo Restraint Equipment
7/95
Applicability: All seat belts, harnesses of any description, and cargo restraint equipment processed in any manner by Aeronautique Equipment of Toowoomba Queensland, and certain Pacific Scientific seat belt assemblies.
Requirement: Remove from service:
- any equipment of the type listed in the Applicability with an Aeronautique Equipment label:
(i) bearing a date later than 3 February 1994, or
(ii) for which an engineering order approved and issued pursuant to CAR 22 or CAR 35 cannot be substantiated; and
b. any seat belt labelled with a Pacific Scientific label where it is known that the belt assembly was at some time processed in some manner by Aeronautique Equipment.
Compliance: 1. For harnesses of any description, and cargo restraint equipment: Prior to further flight after 22 June 1995.
2. For seat belts: at the next inspection for Maintenance Release issue, or prior to 30 July 1995, whichever occurs first.
Background: It has been found that Aeronautique Equipment has manufactured and repaired equipment without the necessary approvals of the process, or of the materials used. Repairs have not been identified, and in some cases the original equipment manufacturer's label has been replaced without change on the repaired item. Some testing has demonstrated failure before specified load.