# Proposed AD 97-NM-95-AD: Boeing Model 777-200 Series Airplanes Equipped With Air Cruisers Evacuation Slide/Rafts

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 98-19-25
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: September 2, 1997, 62 FR 46221
- Comments due: October 14, 1997
- Became: [AD 98-19-25](https://openairdocs.org/ad/98-19-25)
- Docket: 97-NM-95-AD
- FR document: 97-23173
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/87/a2/87a2b2e5fb987a1940839d86c8704fa0a8043ec6540f35feed5c6a428f86698f (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-09-02/pdf/97-23173.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/09/02/97-23173/airworthiness-directives-boeing-model-777-200-series-airplanes-equipped-with-air-cruisers-evacuation
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/97-NM-95-AD

## Summary

This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Boeing Model 777-200 series airplanes. This proposal would require modifying the sliding surface of the door 1 left and door 1 right evacuation slide/rafts. This proposal is prompted by a report of injuries to evacuees using the slide/raft to exit the airplane; the evacuees were unable to achieve adequate initial sliding speed and adequate momentum to carry them expeditiously down the slide/raft. The actions specified by the proposed AD are intended to prevent evacuee overload of the slide/ rafts, and consequent impeded evacuation and injury to the evacuees.

## Notices in this docket

- Sep 2, 1997: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 97-23173, comments due Oct 14, 1997 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/09/02/97-23173/airworthiness-directives-boeing-model-777-200-series-airplanes-equipped-with-air-cruisers-evacuation)

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