AD/A320/101 Amdt 2 - Main Landing Gear Sliding Tube (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

Airbus Industrie A319, A320 and A321 Series Aeroplanes

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/A320/101 Amdt 1 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

AD/A320/101 Amdt 2

Main Landing Gear Sliding Tube 6/2000

Applicability: All Model A319, A320, and A321 aircraft, all serial numbers up to and including 0875 on which Airbus Industrie SB A320-32-1189 has not been accomplished; and which have had MLG sliding tubes:

1. removed for any reason at any time, or

b. which have been inspected using NDT (NDT2), or

c. which have not had the attaching hardware and bushes removed from the sliding tube before inspection by NDT (NDT2).

Requirement: 1. Perform a detailed visual inspection of both main landing gear (MLG) sliding tubes in accordance with Airbus Industrie Service Bulletin (SB) A320-32-1189.

1. If cracks are detected around the area between the jacking dome bush and the hole for the HP inflation valve or the hole for the lower electrical harness assembly, before further flight, replace the sliding tube.