# AD 85-25-04: Escape Slides Insp/Mod - Type: Airworthiness directive - Status: Current - Products: Boeing 737-100 Series, 737-200 Series and 737-300 Series - Effective: December 20, 1985 - Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD - Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane - Amendment: 39-5179 - Registered aircraft: 14 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs) - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/3D10BF44074222B9862568AA00657428.0001 - DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/85-25-04 ## The airworthiness directive 85-25-04 BOEING: Amendment 39-5179. Applies to Boeing Model 737-100, -200, and -300 airplanes certificated in any category. Compliance required within 45 days of the effective date of this amendment, unless already accomplished. To ensure proper door opening and escape slide deployment, accomplish the following: A. For airplanes which have accomplished AD 85-19-04, inspect escape slides and modify escape slide containers in accordance with Boeing Service Bulletin 737-25A1182, Revision 2, Part IV, dated November 12, 1985, or later FAA approved revisions. B. For airplanes which have not accomplished AD 85-19-04, accomplish inspections, escape slide installation modifications, and functional tests, in accordance with Boeing Service Bulletin 737-25A1182, Revision 2, Parts I, III, and IV, dated November 12, 1985, or later FAA-approved revisions. C. Alternate means of compliance which provide an acceptable level of safety may be used when approved by the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, Northwest Mountain Region. D. Upon request of an operator, an FAA Maintenance Inspector, subject to prior approval by the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, Northwest Mountain Region, may adjust the compliance times in this AD, if the request contains substantiating data to justify the increase for the operator. E. Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate airplanes to a base for the accomplishment of inspections and/or modifications required by this AD. All persons affected by this proposal who have not already received these documents from the manufacturer may obtain copies upon request to the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, Washington 98124-2207. These documents may be examined at the FAA, Northwest Mountain Region, 17900 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, Washington, or the Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, 9010 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, Washington. This amendment supersedes Airworthiness Directive (AD) 85-19-04, Amendment 39- 5141 (50 FR 38505; September 23, 1985). This Amendment becomes effective December 20, 1985. ## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs) The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names. - [TCDS A16WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A16WE): The Boeing Company; names 3 of 17 models: 737-100 Series, 737-300 Series, 737-200 Series ## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs) Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment. - Aircraft: 14 (14 by airframe model, 0 by engine model) - Makers: Boeing 14 Models with the most aircraft: - [Boeing 737-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-300): 4 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-205](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-205): 3 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-200): 1 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-201](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-201): 1 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301): 1 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-209](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-209): 1 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-306](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-306): 1 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-319](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-319): 1 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-330](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-330): 1 aircraft (airframe model) All 9 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/85-25-04/models.md Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/85-25-04/aircraft.md Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs. ## NTSB investigations that cite this AD (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CHI97FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97FA030), Nov 19, 1996: Boeing 737-222 (N9038U), Grand Rapids, MI, no damage. Probable cause: a passenger sustained a fractured ankle during an emergency evacuation for undetermined reasons. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.