# Proposed AD 95-CE-78-AD: I.A.M. Rinaldo Piaggio S.p.A. Model P- 180 Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 96-19-02
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: April 29, 1996, 61 FR 18695
- Comments due: July 5, 1996
- Became: [AD 96-19-02](https://openairdocs.org/ad/96-19-02)
- Docket: 95-CE-78-AD
- FR document: 96-10453
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/6e/39/6e393e2d42a10541626fd4aeb7d616cc38fde08af9d2b7425dc54eb9798e7a1c (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-04-29/pdf/96-10453.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/04/29/96-10453/airworthiness-directives-iam-rinaldo-piaggio-spa-model-p--180-airplanes
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/95-CE-78-AD

## Summary

This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain I.A.M. Rinaldo Piaggio S.p.A. (Piaggio) Model P-180 airplanes. The proposed action would require modifying the passenger seat cushion next to the emergency exit door handle. Reports of interference with the passenger seat cushion and the emergency exit door handle preventing the door from opening from the outside prompted this proposed AD action. The actions specified by the proposed AD are intended to prevent the possibility of not being able to open the emergency exit door during an emergency evacuation of the airplane, which could result in injury to the passengers.

## Notices in this docket

- Apr 29, 1996: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 96-10453, comments due Jul 5, 1996 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/04/29/96-10453/airworthiness-directives-iam-rinaldo-piaggio-spa-model-p--180-airplanes)

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