AD/A320/43 Amdt 3 - Passenger Doors 1 and 4 (Cth)

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE On the commencement date specified below, and for the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below repeals Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/A320/43 Amdt 2 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.001 (1) of CASR 1998 and subsection 33 (3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct an 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.

Airbus A319, A320 and A321 Series Aeroplanes AD/A320/43 Amdt 3 Passenger Doors 1 and 4 10/2017

Applicability: All models of Airbus A320 and A321 that had Modification 22422 incorporated on the production line, and do not have Modification 24497 or Airbus Service Bulletin (SB) A320-52-1064 as in force from time to time incorporated. Requirement: 1. Action in accordance with the requirements of Airbus All Operator Telex A320/AOT 52-07 as in force at the commencement of this legislative instrument, or Airbus SB A320-52-1066 as in force from time to time. 2. Install shouldered bushes in accordance with the requirements of Airbus SB A320-52-1064 as in force from time to time. Note 1: This AD is based on DGAC AD 95-004-062(B)R1. Note 2: The words "as in force from time to time" require compliance with the most recent version of the referenced document. Compliance: 1. Within 450 hours time in service after 25 January 1995, thereafter, and until modified, at intervals specified in the Requirement Documents. 2. Prior to 30 April 1996. Note 3: Previous compliance with any requirement in AD/A320/43 Amdt 2 constitutes compliance with the same requirement in this AD. This AD commences on 26 May 2017. Background: This Directive was issued to prevent jamming of passenger doors 1 and 4 due to bush migration in the opening mechanism. Amendment 1 included an alternative Requirement Document. Amendment 2 clarified the Applicability statement to exclude aircraft modified in accordance with AD/A320/36 Amdt. 2.