COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (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. Boeing 737 Series Aeroplanes AD/B737/193 Flight Deck Emergency Windows 11/2002 Applicability: Model 737-600, -700, and -800 series aircraft, line numbers 1 through 144. Requirement: Action in accordance with the technical requirements of FAA AD 99-26-10 Amdt 39- 11469. Note: Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 737-56-1011 refers. Compliance: As specified in the Requirement document, with a revised effective date of 31 October 2002. This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 31 October 2002. Background: The FAA received reports that flight deck emergency exits (number 2 windows) were found frozen shut after landing. This Directive requires certain actions to prevent water accumulation in the lower corners of the flight deck emergency exits, which can freeze and prevent the exits from being used during an emergency evacuation. David Alan Villiers Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 12 September 2002 The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 October 2002. Page 1 of 1