AD/A320/36 Amdt 2 - Passenger Door Lower Connection Link Bushes

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 AD/A320/36 Amdt 2 Passenger Door Lower Connection Link Bushes 10/94 Applicability: All models without Modification 22422 (SB A320-52-1027) embodied. Requirement: Unless already accomplished, action in accordance with: Airbus Industrie AOT 52-04 Revision 1 dated 12 October 1993, or Airbus Industrie SB A320-52-1047, and 2. Airbus Industrie S.B. A320-52-1027, limited to the installation of kit number 521027A02 on all doors. Note: DGAC AD 93-207-048(B) R1 refers. Compliance: 1. Within 450 hours ’ time in service after 19 January 1994 and thereafter at intervals not exceeding 900 hours’ time in service until modified. 2. Within 3 500 hours ’ time in service after 19 January 1994. The compliance of the original AD remains unchanged, this amendment is effective 15 September 1994. Background: During an emergency evacuation, one of the passenger doors jammed in a near closed position against the fuselage structure. Subsequent investigation found that the lower connecting link bush had migrated. Amendment 1 corrects the repeat inspection compliance time. Amendment 2 revises the Requirement references, no further actions are required.