Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-18547 · Oxygen
B/E Aerospace Protective Breathing Equipment Part Number 119003-11
Superseded. A later AD replaced this one: AD 2017-18-12. Comply with the one in force.
This AD applies to B/E Aerospace Protective Breathing Equipment (PBE), part number (P/N) 119003-11, that is installed on airplanes.
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain B/E Aerospace protective breathing equipment (PBE) that is installed on airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of a PBE catching fire upon activation by a crewmember. This AD requires replacing the PBE. We are issuing this AD to correct the unsafe condition on these products.
Within 3 months after July 15, 2016 (the effective date of this AD), while still in the stowage box, physically inspect the PBE pouch to determine if it has an intact vacuum seal. Do this inspection following paragraph III.A.1. of the Accomplishment Instructions in B/E Aerospace Service Bulletin No. 119003-35-011, Rev. 000, dated February 4, 2015.
(1) If a PBE pouch is found that does not have an intact vacuum seal during the inspection required in paragraph (g) of this AD: Before further flight or following existing minimum equipment list (MEL) procedures, replace the PBE with a PBE, P/N 119003-21, following paragraphs III.C., III.D.(4), III.D.(6), and III.D.(7) of the Accomplishment Instructions in B/E Aerospace Service Bulletin No. 119003-35-009, Rev. 001, dated April 12, 2016, or replace it with another FAA-approved serviceable PBE.
(2) If a PBE pouch is found during the inspection required in paragraph (g) of this AD where the vacuum seal is intact: Within 18 months after July 15, 2016 (the effective date of this AD), remove PBE, P/N 119003-11, and replace the PBE with PBE, P/N 119003-21, following paragraphs III.C., III.D.(4), III.D.(6), and III.D.(7) of the Accomplishment Instructions in B/E Aerospace Service Bulletin No. 119003-35-009, Rev. 001, dated April 12, 2016, or replace it with another FAA-approved serviceable PBE.
If you performed the replacement action required in paragraphs (h)(1) and (2) of this AD before July 15, 2016 (the effective date of this AD) using B/E Aerospace Service Bulletin No. 119003-35-009, Rev. 000, dated November 9, 2015, you met the requirements of those paragraphs of this AD.
The aircraft, engines and makers this AD names, by the model designations in its text. A model listed here may still be outside the AD's serial ranges.
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