# AD 90-12-11 R1: Escape Slide Release Cable - Type: Airworthiness directive - Status: Current - Products: Boeing 727-100 Series, 727-100C Series, 727-200 Series, 727-200F Series, 727 Series, 727C Series, 737-100 Series, 737-200 Series, 737-200C Series, 737-300 Series, 737-400 Series, 737-500 Series and 7 more - Effective: July 31, 1990 - Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD - Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane - Amendment: 39-6683 - Docket: 90-NM-86-AD - Registered aircraft: 1,118 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs) - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/AE64763B20B17D63862569600048633E.0001 - DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/90-12-11-R1 ## The airworthiness directive 90-12-11 R1 BOEING: Amendment 39-6626 as revised by Amendment 39-6683. Docket No. 90-NM-86-AD. Applicability: Model 727, 737, and 757 series airplanes, equipped with escape slide release cables, certificated in any category. Compliance: Required as indicated, unless previously accomplished. To ensure proper escape slide release from the escape slide compartment, accomplish the following: A. Within 45 days after the effective date of this AD, unless previously inspected within the last three months, perform a visual inspection of each escape slide release cable, if installed. Replace frayed (one or more broken strands) or broken cables prior to further flight. B. Repeat the inspection for frayed or broken release cables required by paragraph A. of this AD, at intervals not to exceed 12 months. C. An alternate means of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time, which provides an acceptable level of safety, may be used when approved by the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, Northwest Mountain Region. NOTE: The request should be forwarded through an FAA Principal Maintenance Inspector (PMI), who will either concur or comment, and then send it to the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office. D. Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate airplanes to a base in order to comply with the requirements of this AD. This AD revises AD 90-12-11, Amendment 39-6626. The effective date for the requirements of this amendment remains June 25, 1990, as specified in Amendment 39-6626, AD 90-12-11. This amendment (39-6683, AD 90-12-11 R1) is effective on July 31, 1990. ## Affected data sheets (3) (OpenAirDocs) The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names. - [TCDS A16WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A16WE): The Boeing Company; names 9 of 17 models: 737-500 Series, 737-100 Series, 737-200C Series, 737-800 Series, 737-300 Series, 737-200 Series, 737-700 Series, 737-400 Series… - [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE): The Boeing Company; names 6 of 6 models: 727-100 Series, 727 Series, 727-200 Series, 727-100C Series, 727-200F Series, 727C Series - [TCDS A2NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A2NM): The Boeing Company; names 4 of 4 models: 757-200CB Series, 757-200PF Series, 757-300 Series, 757-200 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: 1,118 (1,118 by airframe model, 0 by engine model) - Makers: Boeing 1,118 Models with the most aircraft: - [Boeing 737-823](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-823): 278 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-800](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-800): 139 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-824](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-824): 135 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-832](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-832): 73 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 757-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232): 63 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-890](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-890): 60 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 757-224](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-224): 40 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 757-222](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-222): 38 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-724](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-724): 36 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 757-223](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223): 23 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 757-236](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-236): 20 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 757-251](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251): 18 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 757-351](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-351): 16 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-790](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-790): 14 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-752](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-752): 13 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 757-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-231): 13 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 727-223](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223): 9 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 757-324](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-324): 9 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-400](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-400): 8 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 737-852](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-852): 7 aircraft (airframe model) All 69 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/90-12-11-R1/models.md Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/90-12-11-R1/aircraft.md Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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