Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-21523 · Uninsured United Parachute Technologies, LLC Parachutes
Uninsured United Parachute Technologies, LLC Parachutes
This AD applies to Uninsured United Parachute Technologies, LLC Vector 3 SE parachute containers approved under Technical Standard Order C23b, part number Vector SE, with a date of manufacture after April 30, 2013, and before February 1, 2021, in any of the following sizes: V3SE-360-1, V3SE-360-2, V3SE-360-3, V3SE-361, V3SE-364, and V3SE-364-1.
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Uninsured United Parachute Technologies, LLC (UPT) parachutes. This AD results from reserve pin covers (RPCs) catching on the parachute container flaps and preventing the reserve parachute from deploying. This AD requires modifying the RPC before the next parachute jump and replacing the RPC at the next reserve parachute packing. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
(1) Before the next parachute jump after the effective date of this AD, modify the bottom tuck tab of the RPC by following the Procedure in Uninsured United Parachute Technologies, LLC, INSTRUCT-064, Revision 1, dated February 10, 2021. Before the next parachute jump after the effective date of this AD, you may do the RPC replacement required by paragraph (g)(2) of this AD in lieu of doing this modification.
(2) At the next reserve parachute packing after the effective date of this AD, replace the RPC by following the Procedure in Uninsured United Parachute Technologies, LLC, INSTRUCT-065, Revision 0, dated February 12, 2021.
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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