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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation 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.

 Short SD3-30 Series Aeroplanes

                            AD/SD3-30/45 Baggage Bay Fire Extinguisher Adapter Covers

 12/2002

 Applicability: All SD3-30 aircraft.

           Requirement: Remove fire adapter cover, install evoprene insert and new instruction label in accordance with Shorts Service Bulletin SD330-26-15.

           Note: CAA AD 005-05-2002 refers.

 Compliance: Within 3 months from the effective date of this Directive.

           This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 28 November 2002.

           Background: There have been in-service occurrences of fire extinguisher blow back when discharging through the existing fire extinguisher point adaptors. This Directive requires the removal of existing covers and incorporation of new evoprene inserts and instruction labels.

 Barry James Reid McKay
 Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 18 October 2002

 The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 November 2002.

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