Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-10885 · Airbus Model A300 Series Airplanes
Airbus Model A300 Series Airplanes
Model A300 series airplanes equipped with Air Cruisers emergency evacuation slide/rafts having part numbers (P/N) D30457-Series, serial numbers (S/N) 1001 through 2268 inclusive, or P/N D30477-Series, S/N 4001 through 4211 inclusive, on which the actions described in Air Cruisers Service Bulletin S.B. 25-88, Revision 3, dated May 4, 1983, have been not accomplished; certificated in any category.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300 series airplanes, that requires modification of the emergency evacuation slide/raft system. This amendment is prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent the container release cable of the emergency evacuation slide/raft system from jamming, which could result in the inability to open the emergency exit doors or to correctly deploy the emergency evacuation slide/rafts, and consequent delay or impedance of passengers exiting the airplane during an emergency.
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.
