Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-9004 · The Boeing Company Airplanes
The Boeing Company Airplanes
This AD applies to The Boeing Company 747-100 Series, 747-100B Series, 747-100B SUD Series, 747-200B Series, 747-200C Series, 747-200F Series, 747-300 Series, 747-400 Series, 747-400D Series, 747-400F Series.
The models as the FAA's AD index lists them. The serial ranges, installed parts and exceptions are in the AD itself: read it at the FAA.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747-100, -200, -300, and -400 series airplanes, that requires various modifications of certain evacuation ramp/slides. This amendment is prompted by reports of several evacuation ramp/slide malfunctions. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent delayed inflation of evacuation ramp/slides, which could delay or impede the evacuation of passengers during an emergency.
