AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE
CAA-AD-070/2000
Date of issue: August 02, 2000
AIRCRAFT - RAM AIR TURBINE (RAT) (ATA 29) - MODIFICATION
Applicability: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A310 and A300-600 aircraft, all certified models and all serial numbers, except for aircraft on which AIRBUS INDUSTRIE production modification No. 12259 (AIRBUS INDUSTRIE Service Bulletin (SB) A310-29-2086 or A300-29-6048 in service) has been embodied.
Effective date: September 07, 2000
Compliance: Required as indicated in DGAC AD 2000-284-317(B).
Remarks: The compliance of this AD must be recorded in Aircraft Logbook, where applicable the requirements of this AD must be integrated into Aircraft Technical Documentation. Address inquiries concerning this AD to: Civil Aviation Authority, Airworthiness Division, Ruzyne Airport, 160 08 Prague 6, Czech Republic, tel: 420 2 33320922, fax: 420 2 20562270.
Ing. Pavel MATOUŠEK
Director of Airworthiness Division
CAA CZ
DGAC AD ref. 2000-284-317(B)
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE
A310 and A300-600 aircraft
Hydraulic power- Ram Air Turbine (RAT) ejection jack replacement (ATA 29)
APPLICABILITY:
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A310 and A300-600 aircraft, all certified models and all serial numbers, except for aircraft on which AIRBUS INDUSTRIE production modification No. 12259 (AIRBUS INDUSTRIE Service Bulletin (SB) A310-29-2086 or A300-29-6048 in service) has been embodied.
REASONS:
Analyses performed further to an anomaly found in production at the level of the ejection jack of a few ram air turbines (RATs) showed that the nut at the end of the ejection jack piston rod had insufficient thread engagement to absorb impact loads when the RAT is deployed at high speed.
ACTIONS:
Before May 31, 2003, modify and re-identify the RAT jacks in accordance with the instructions defined in SB A310-29-2086 or A300-29-6048.
REF.: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE Service Bulletins A310-29-2086 and A300-29-6048
Original issue or any later approved revision of these SB is acceptable.
EFFECTIVE DATE : JULY 22, 2000