86-03-02 FOKKER B.V.: Amendment 39-5221. Applies to Model F28 airplanes as indicated in the applicability statement of each service bulletin listed below. Compliance is required within the next 120 days after the effective date of this airworthiness directive, unless already accomplished:
A. To prevent loss of the pilot and copilot restraint function of the safety harnesses, replace the inertia reel springs and mounting collars in accordance with Fokker Service Bulletin F28/25-93, dated June 4, 1984, and Teleflex Morse Limited Service Bulletin 25-00-185429, Issue 2, dated September 1983.
B. To ensure that instruction placards on the service/emergency door in emergency lighting conditions are legible, modify the emergency lighting system in accordance with Fokker Service Bulletin F28/33-32, dated September 17, 1984.
C. Alternate means of compliance which provide an acceptable level of safety may be used when approved by the Manager, Standardization Branch, ANM-113, FAA, Northwest Mountain Region.
D. Special flight permits may be used in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate airplanes to a base for the accomplishment of inspections and/or modifications required by this AD.
All persons affected by this directive who have not already received the appropriate service documents from the manufacturer may obtain copies upon request to the Manager, Maintenance and Engineering, Fokker B.V., Product Support, P.O. Box 7600, 11172J Schiphol Oost, The Netherlands. These documents may be examined at the FAA, Northwest Mountain Region, 17900 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, Washington, or the Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, 9010 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, Washington.
This amendment becomes effective February 28, 1986.