Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-23228 · Oxygen
Aerospace & Defense Oxygen Systems SaS (Part of Safran Aerosystems) (Formerly Known as Air Liquide)
This AD applies to Aerospace & Defense Oxygen Systems SaS (part of Safran Aerosystems) (formerly known as Air Liquide) portable breathing equipment (PBE), part number (P/N) 15-40F-11 and P/N 15-40F-80, all serial numbers. These PBEs are eligible for installation on any aircraft and may have been installed during the aircraft manufacturing process (production line), or in-service modification, either through a supplemental type certificate, or using type certificate holder (TCH) approved modification instructions, or through a non-TCH modification approval.
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2025-25- 02, which applied to all aircraft equipped with certain Aerospace & Defense Oxygen Systems SaS portable breathing equipment (PBE). AD 2025- 25-02 required incorporating revised procedures for donning the PBE. Since the FAA issued AD 2025-25-02, the agency determined the unsafe condition may be addressed by incorporating the updated procedures into documentation that is not identified in AD 2025-25-02 and that certain requirements in AD 2025-25-02 must be revised. This AD requires incorporating updated procedures for donning the PBE. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
(1) Within 30 days after the effective date of this AD, update the instructions for donning PBE P/N 15-40F-11 and P/N 15-40F-80 as specified in paragraph 3.C., “Procedure,” of Safran Aerosystems Service Bulletin 1540F-35-001, dated October 10, 2025.
(2) For aircraft certificated in any category except for transport category airplanes: The owner/operator (pilot) holding at least a private pilot certificate may perform the action specified in paragraph (g)(1) of this AD for your aircraft and must enter compliance with the applicable paragraphs of this AD into the aircraft maintenance records in accordance with 14 CFR 43.9(a) and 91.417(a)(2)(v). The record must be maintained as required by 14 CFR 91.417, 121.380, or 135.439.
(1) Amending the operation manual(s), as applicable, of an aircraft by incorporating updated instructions for donning PBE P/N 15-40F-11 and P/N 15-40F-80 as specified in paragraph 3.C., “Procedure,” of Safran Aerosystems Service Bulletin 1540F-35-001, dated October 10, 2025, is an acceptable method to comply with the requirements of paragraph (g)(1) of this AD for that aircraft.
(2) Disseminating the content of the updated instructions specified in paragraph 3.C., “Procedure,” of Safran Aerosystems Service Bulletin 1540F-35-001, dated October 10, 2025, to all flight and cabin crewmembers of an aircraft, is an acceptable method to comply with the requirements of paragraph (g)(1) of this AD for that aircraft.
The following provisions also apply to this AD:
Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs): The Manager, International Validation Branch, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your request to your principal inspector or responsible Flight Standards Office, as appropriate. If sending information directly to the manager of the International Validation Branch, send it to the attention of the person identified in paragraph (j) of this AD and email to: AMOC@faa.gov. Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager of the responsible Flight Standards Office.
For more information about this AD, contact Harjot Rana, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY 11590; phone: 516-228-7344; email: 9-AVS-AIR-BACO-COS@faa.gov.
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.
Appliances and equipment
