AD/B767/183 - Thrust Reverser Control - Inspection (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Safety 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 767 Series Aeroplanes

AD/B767/183 Thrust Reverser Control - Inspection 4/2003

Applicability: Boeing 767-200, -300, -300F and -400ER series aeroplanes equipped with General Electric Model CF6-80C2 series engines.

Requirement: Action, including inspection and re- inspections, per the requirements of FAA AD 2001-16-03, Amdt 39-12371.

Note: This Directive, along with AD/B767/182, meets the intent of AD/B767/88 Amdt 4 which has been cancelled.

Compliance: As detailed in the Requirement document with revised effective date of this Directive.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 17 April 2003.

Background: To ensure fail safe features of the thrust reverser system to prevent in- flight deployment.

James Coyne Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 13 February 2003

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 March 2003.

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