# Proposed AD 96-NM-179-AD: Airbus Model A300 B2 and B4; A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R (Collectively Called A300-600); A310; A319; A320; A321; A330; and A340 Series Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2003-03-04
- Products: Airbus Industrie
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment period.
- Published: May 17, 2002, 67 FR 35059
- Comments due: June 11, 2002
- Became: [AD 2003-03-04](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2003-03-04)
- Docket: 96-NM-179-AD
- FR document: 02-12322
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/e4/00/e4005ccdac7b967ddaaf2b66f384cd03d22254f0eb69ec8bd23e19a0a0733f32 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-05-17/pdf/02-12322.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/05/17/02-12322/airworthiness-directives-airbus-model-a300-b2-and-b4-a300-b4-600-b4-600r-and-f4-600r-collectively
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/67B2C27C3A0B997686256BBF006548AE.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/96-NM-179-AD

## Summary

This document revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A300 B2 and B4; A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R (collectively called A300-600); A310; and certain Airbus Model A319; A320; A321; A330; and A340 series airplanes. That proposal would have required repetitive visual inspections of the striker and guide valve of the passenger door actuators and certain emergency door actuators for corrosion, and corrective action, if necessary. That proposal was prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority. This new action revises the proposed rule by adding a requirement to modify the striker mechanism of the emergency and passenger door actuators, which would terminate the repetitive inspections. The actions specified by this new proposed AD are intended to prevent corrosion of the emergency actuator mechanism, which could cause failure of the emergency actuator striker mechanism on the passenger or emergency doors, and lead to difficulty in opening the passenger or emergency doors during an emergency evacuation.

## Notices in this docket

- Mar 27, 1998: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 98-8128, comments due Apr 27, 1998 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/03/27/98-8128/airworthiness-directives-airbus-model-a300-a300-600-a310-a319-a320-a321-a330-and-a340-series)
- May 17, 2002: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment period., FR document 02-12322, comments due Jun 11, 2002 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/05/17/02-12322/airworthiness-directives-airbus-model-a300-b2-and-b4-a300-b4-600-b4-600r-and-f4-600r-collectively)

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