# AD 92-02-14: Emergency Escape Slides - Type: Airworthiness directive - Status: Historical - Products: Airbus A320-111, A320-211, A320-212, A320-214, A320-231, A320-232 and A320-233 - Effective: March 2, 1992 - Published: February 14, 1992 - Issued: December 30, 1991 - Superseded by: [AD 92-02-14 R1](https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-02-14-R1) - Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane - Amendment: 39-8150 - Docket: 91-NM-255-AD - Registered aircraft: 563 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs) - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/952E63B27CAF8E578625695E006F277B.0001 - DRS record last changed: November 21, 2025 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-02-14 ## The airworthiness directive 92-02-14 AIRBUS INDUSTRIE: Amendment 39-8150. Docket 91-NM-255-AD. Applicability: Model A320 series airplanes through manufacturer's serial number 175, inclusive, certificated in any category. Compliance: Required as indicated, unless accomplished previously. To prevent failure of the overwing emergency escape slides to deploy, accomplish the following: (a) Within 50 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this AD, perform an inspection of the flexible control cables on the right-hand and left-hand overwing emergency escape slides to ensure that the flexible control assembly on each overwing escape slide is correctly installed, in accordance with Airbus Industrie All Operator Telex (AOT) 25-02, dated May 16, 1991. (1) If each flexible control assembly is correctly installed, no further action is required. (2) If a flexible control assembly is incorrectly installed, prior to further flight, reconnect the assembly, in accordance with the AOT.(b) An alternative method of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time, which provides an acceptable level of safety, may be used when approved by the Manager, Standardization Branch, ANM-113, FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate. The request shall be forwarded through an FAA Principal Maintenance Inspector, who may concur or comment and then send it to the Manager, Standardization Branch, ANM-113. (c) Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate the airplane to a location where the requirements of this AD can be accomplished. (d) The inspections and reconnections of the flexible control assemblies and release cable assemblies required by this AD shall be done in accordance with Airbus Industrie All Operator Telex 25-02, dated May 16, 1991. This incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51. Copies may be obtained from Airbus Industrie, Airbus Support Division, Avenue Didier Daurat, 31700 Blagnac, France. Copies may be inspected at the FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, Standardization Branch, ANM-113, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, Washington; or at the Office of the Federal Register, 1100 L Street N.W., Room 8401, Washington, D.C. (e) This amendment (39-8150, AD 92-02-14) becomes effective on March 2, 1992. ## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs) The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names. - [TCDS A28NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A28NM): Airbus SAS; names 7 of 50 models: A320-111, A320-211, A320-212, A320-214, A320-231, A320-232, A320-233 ## 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: 563 (563 by airframe model, 0 by engine model) - Makers: Airbus 377, Airbus Industrie 184, Airbus S A S 2 Models with the most aircraft: - [Airbus A320-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-232): 189 aircraft (airframe model) - [Airbus A320-214](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-214): 160 aircraft (airframe model) - [Airbus Industrie A320-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-232): 109 aircraft (airframe model) - [Airbus Industrie A320-212](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-212): 39 aircraft (airframe model) - [Airbus Industrie A320-214](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-214): 26 aircraft (airframe model) - [Airbus A320-233](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-233): 21 aircraft (airframe model) - [Airbus Industrie A320-211](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-211): 6 aircraft (airframe model) - [Airbus A320-211](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-211): 3 aircraft (airframe model) - [Airbus Industrie A320-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-231): 2 aircraft (airframe model) - [Airbus A320-212](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-212): 2 aircraft (airframe model) - [Airbus S A S A320-214](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-s-a-s-a320-214): 2 aircraft (airframe model) - [Airbus A320-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-231): 2 aircraft (airframe model) - [Airbus Industrie A320-233](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-233): 1 aircraft (airframe model) - [Airbus Industrie A320-111](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-111): 1 aircraft (airframe model) All 15 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-02-14/models.md Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-02-14/aircraft.md ## Related documents - [AD 92-02-14 R1](https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-02-14-R1): Equipment/Furnishings ยท Airbus A320-211, A320-212 and A320-231. Effective Jun 2, 2023. Supersedes this AD Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs. --- 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.