# AD 92-16-08: Escape Slides - Type: Airworthiness directive - Status: Current - Products: Boeing 747-100 Series, 747-100B Series, 747-100B SUD Series, 747-200B Series, 747-200C Series, 747-200F Series, 747-300 Series, 747-400 Series, 747-400D Series, 747-400F Series, 747SP Series and 747SR Series with STC SA1215EA or 4 others - Effective: September 16, 1992 - Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD - Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane - Amendment: 39-8317 - Docket: 92-NM-08-AD - Registered aircraft: 63 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs) - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/072A03D77B2AB8998625696E0064F5BD.0001 - DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-16-08 ## The airworthiness directive 92-16-08 BOEING: Amendment 39-8317. Docket No. 92-NM-08-AD. Applicability: Model 747 series airplanes; equipped with escape slides listed in Boeing Service Bulletin 747-25-2132, dated September 17, 1971; or equipped with escape systems installed in accordance with Supplemental Type Certificate SA574GL, SA575GL, SA744GL, SA745GL, or SA1215EA; certificated in any category. Compliance: Required as indicated, unless accomplished previously. To prevent jamming of an emergency exit door, accomplish the following: (a) For airplanes equipped with escape slides listed in Boeing Service Bulletin 747-25-2132, dated September 17, 1971; and for airplanes equipped with escape systems installed in accordance with Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) SA574GL, SA575GL, SA744GL, or SA745GL: Within 20 months after the effective date of this AD, replace the plastic pulley guards on the emergency slide system packboard release mechanism, Boeing part number (P/N) 69B51507-1 and -2, with metal pulley guards, Boeing P/N 69B54562-1 and -2, in accordance with a method approved by the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office (ACO), FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate. (b) For airplanes equipped with escape systems installed in accordance with STC SA1215EA: Within 20 months after the effective date of this AD, replace the plastic pulley guards on the emergency slide system packboard release mechanism, Boeing part number (P/N) 69B51507-1 and -2, with metal pulley guards, Boeing P/N 69B54562-1 and -2, in accordance with Air Cruisers Service Bulletin 25-139, Revision 1, dated September 18, 1991; or in accordance with a method approved by the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office (ACO), FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate. (c) An alternative method of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time that provides an acceptable level of safety may be used if approved by the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office (ACO), FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate. Operators shall submit their requests through an appropriate FAA Principal Maintenance Inspector, who may add comments and then send it to the Manager, Seattle ACO. NOTE: Information concerning the existence of approved alternative methods of compliance with this AD, if any, may be obtained from the Seattle ACO. (d) 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. (e) This amendment becomes effective on September 16, 1992. ## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs) The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names. - [TCDS A20WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A20WE): The Boeing Company; names 12 of 14 models: 747-100B Series, 747SP Series, 747-400D Series, 747-400F Series, 747-200B Series, 747-200F Series, 747-300 Series, 747-200C 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: 63 (63 by airframe model, 0 by engine model) - Makers: Boeing 63 Models with the most aircraft: - [Boeing 747-446](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-446): 10 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-422](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-422): 8 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-412](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-412): 5 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-400F](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-400f): 4 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-409](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-409): 4 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-481F](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-481f): 3 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-409F](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-409f): 3 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-481](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-481): 3 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-428F](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-428f): 3 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-123](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-123): 2 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-251F](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-251f): 2 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-443](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-443): 2 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-438](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-438): 2 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-428](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-428): 2 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-257B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-257b): 1 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-283B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-283b): 1 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-121](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-121): 1 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-131](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-131): 1 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-128](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-128): 1 aircraft (airframe model) - [Boeing 747-273C](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-273c): 1 aircraft (airframe model) All 24 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-16-08/models.md Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-16-08/aircraft.md ## Related documents - [STC SA1215EA](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA1215EA): Installation of Air Cruisers Company slide/raft evacuation systems.. Air Cruisers Company, Named in the applicability - [STC SA574GL](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA574GL): Installation of B.F. Goodrich emergency evacuation slide/rafts, BFG P/N's 7A1340 and 7A1342, in place of BFG emergency/ evacuation slides, BFG P/Ns 7A1101, 7A1102, and 7A1103.. Goodrich Corporation, Named in the applicability - [STC SA575GL](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA575GL): In the 747-100B, 747-200C, and747SR installation of B.F. Goodrich emergency evacuation slide/rafts, BFG P/Ns 7A1340 and7A1342, in place of BFG emergency evacuation slides, P/Ns 7A1101, 7A1102, and 7A1103.. Goodrich Corporation, Named in the applicability - [STC SA744GL](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA744GL): Installation of B.F. Goodrich emergency evacuation slide/rafts, BFG P/N's 7A1437 and 7A1439, in place of BFG emergency evacuation slides P/N's 7A1101, 7A1102, and7A1103 or BFG emergency evacuation slide/rafts P/N's 7A1340 and 7A1342.. Goodrich Corporation, Named in the applicability - [STC SA745GL](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA745GL): Installation of B.F. Goodrich emergency evacuation slide/rafts, BFG P/N's 7A1437 and 7A1439, in place of BFG emergency evacuation slides P/N's 7A1101, 7A1102, and7A1103 or BFG emergency evacuation slide/rafts P/N's 7A1340 and 7A1342.. Goodrich Corporation, Named in the applicability --- 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.