# Proposed AD 98-NM-234-AD: Airbus Model A300 Series Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 98-23-17
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: September 17, 1998, 63 FR 49677
- Comments due: October 19, 1998
- Became: [AD 98-23-17](https://openairdocs.org/ad/98-23-17)
- Docket: 98-NM-234-AD
- FR document: 98-24873
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/92/0e/920e7f00fcd8f19f82666c938f004b499f9d0eefc1a0611d99d06a799daa7b2c (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-09-17/pdf/98-24873.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/09/17/98-24873/airworthiness-directives-airbus-model-a300-series-airplanes
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/98-NM-234-AD

## Summary

This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Airbus Model A300 series airplanes. This proposal would require modification of the emergency evacuation slide/raft system. This proposal is prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority. The actions specified by the proposed AD are intended to prevent the container release cable of the emergency evacuation slide/raft system from jamming, which could result in the inability to open the emergency exit doors or to correctly deploy the emergency evacuation slide/rafts, and consequent delay or impedance passengers exiting the airplane during an emergency.

## Notices in this docket

- Sep 17, 1998: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 98-24873, comments due Oct 19, 1998 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/09/17/98-24873/airworthiness-directives-airbus-model-a300-series-airplanes)

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