# AD 96-11-15: AFM - Flight above MSL - Type: Airworthiness directive - Status: Current - Products: 328 Support Services 328-100 - Effective: June 17, 1996 - Published: June 10, 1996, 61 FR 29274–29276 - Issued as: Final rule; request for comments - Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD - Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane - Amendment: 39-9655 - Docket: 96-NM-109-AD - Registered aircraft: 27 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs) - Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/9c/f9/9cf9155b1965de395ec0446f38fc9e8bebd7223163eddec635af943dbd0ce097 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-06-10/pdf/96-14227.pdf) - Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/06/10/96-14227/airworthiness-directives-dornier-model-328-100-series-airplanes - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/5B374274C8EFDBB086256A230044548F.0001 - DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/96-11-15 ## The airworthiness directive 96-11-15 DORNIER: Amendment 39-9655. Docket 96-NM-109-AD. Applicability: All Model 328-100 series airplanes, certificated in any category. NOTE 1: This AD applies to each airplane identified in the preceding applicability provision, regardless of whether it has been otherwise modified, altered, or repaired in the area subject to the requirements of this AD. For airplanes that have been otherwise modified, altered, or repaired so that the performance of the requirements of this AD is affected, the owner/operator must request approval for an alternative method of compliance in accordance with paragraph (e) of this AD. The request should include an assessment of the effect of the modification, alteration, or repair on the unsafe condition addressed by this AD; and, if the unsafe condition has not been eliminated, the request should include specific proposed actions to address it. Compliance: Required as indicated, unless accomplished previously. To prevent restriction of the flightcrew's ability to see through the windshields due to shattering or cracking of the windshields, and to continue to control the airplane safely; accomplish the following: (a) For airplanes on which a windshield having Part Number (P/N) 001A561A0000204 is installed on the left-hand side of the cockpit, or on which a windshield having P/N 001A561A0000205 is installed on the right-hand side of the cockpit: Within 24 hours after receipt of this AD, revise the Limitations Section of the FAA-approved Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to include the following statement. This may be accomplished by inserting a copy of this AD in the AFM. "Flight above 10,000 feet mean sea level (MSL) is prohibited." (b) For all airplanes: Within 45 days after receipt of this AD, replace any windshield having P/N 001A561A0000204 (left-hand side), or P/N 001A61A0000205 (right-hand side); with a new windshield having P/N 001A561A0000200 (left-hand side), or P/N 001A561A0000201 (right-hand side); in accordance with Dornier Service Bulletin SB-328-56-165, dated April 19, 1996. Following this replacement, the AFM limitation required by paragraph (a) of this AD may be removed. (c) For all airplanes: Within 24 hours (clock hours, not flight hours) following any incident of shattering or cracking of either front windshield, submit a report containing the serial number of the airplane and the part number of the affected windshield to: Connie Beane, Standardization Branch, ANM- 113, FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, Washington 98055-4056; fax (206) 227-1149. This reporting requirement is applicable to findings on all windshields, including the replacement windshields required by paragraph (b) of this AD. Information collection requirements contained in this regulation have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and have been assigned OMB control number 2120-0056. (d) As of the date of receipt of this AD, no person shall install a windshield having P/N 001A561A0000204 (left-hand side), or P/N 001A561A0000205 (right-hand side), on any airplane. (e) 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, Standardization Branch, ANM-113, FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate. Operators shall submit their requests through an appropriate FAA Maintenance Inspector, who may add comments and then send it to the Manager, Standardization Branch, ANM-113. NOTE 2: Information concerning the existence of approved alternative methods of compliance with this AD, if any, may be obtained from the Standardization Branch, ANM-113. (f) Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with Sections 21.197 and 21.199 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 21.197 and 21.199) to operate the airplane to a location where the requirements of this AD can be accomplished. (g) The replacement shall be done in accordance with Dornier Service Bulletin SB-328-56-165, dated April 19, 1996. 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 Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH, P.O. Box 1103, D-82230 Wessling, Germany. Copies may be inspected at the FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington; or at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC. (h) This amendment becomes effective on June 17, 1996, to all persons except those persons to whom it was made immediately effective by emergency AD 96-11-15, issued May 24, 1996, which contained the requirements of this amendment. ## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs) The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names. - [TCDS A45NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A45NM): Deutsche Aircraft GmbH; names 1 of 1 models: 328-100 ## 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: 27 (27 by airframe model, 0 by engine model) - Makers: Dornier Luftfahrt 22, Fairchild Dornier 5 Models with the most aircraft: - [Dornier Luftfahrt 328-100](https://openairdocs.org/model/dornier-luftfahrt-328-100): 19 aircraft (airframe model) - [Fairchild Dornier 328-100](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-dornier-328-100): 4 aircraft (airframe model) - [Dornier Luftfahrt DO 328-100](https://openairdocs.org/model/dornier-luftfahrt-do-328-100): 3 aircraft (airframe model) - [Fairchild Dornier DORNIER 328-100](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-dornier-dornier-328-100): 1 aircraft (airframe model) All 4 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/96-11-15/models.md Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/96-11-15/aircraft.md No proposed rule in this release led to it. 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