AD/A320/77 - Loral DFDR F800 Damping Rack Installation

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/A320/77 Loral DFDR F800 Damping Rack Installation 2/97 Applicability: All A320 and A321 series aeroplanes, equipped with a Loral Data Systems Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) F800, without Airbus Industrie modification 24959 or Airbus Industrie Service Bulletin (SB) A320-31-1088 Revision 2 dated 16 September 1996. Requirement: Install a DFDR rack incorporating improved damping and reroute the cable harness in accordance with Airbus Industrie SB A320-31-1088 Revision 2 dated 16 September 1996. Note: DGAC AD 96-272-098(B) refers. Compliance: Prior to 31 July 1998. This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 30 January 1997. Background: Airbus Industrie advises that under certain flight conditions the DFDR may not record all necessary data correctly. Action specified by this Directive are designed to rectify this discrepancy.