ACTION:

Final rule; request for comments.

SUMMARY:

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2022-07-05, which applied to certain MarS A.S. emergency parachutes. AD 2022-07-05 superseded AD 2022-05-09, expanded the applicability, and required removing all emergency parachutes manufactured since
2016. Since the FAA issued AD 2022-07-05, MarS A.S. developed a modification for the emergency parachutes to correct the unsafe condition. This AD requires modifying and re-identifying the emergency parachutes. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the
unsafe condition on these products.

DATES:

This AD is effective December 19, 2022.

The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of a certain publication listed in this AD as of December 19, 2022.

The FAA must receive comments on this AD by January 17, 2023.

The AD is posted here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/12/02/2022-26206/airworthiness-directives-mars-as-parachutes

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This applies to parachutes with Static Line deployment.

(c) Applicability

This AD applies to MarS A.S. ATL-88/90-1B (commercially known as ATL-15 SL) emergency parachutes part number (P/N) 09994, P/N 09995, and P/N 09996 (no dash number) that meet either of the criterion in paragraph (c)(1) or (2) of this AD:

(1) The parachute has a date of manufacture of January 1, 2016, or later; or

(2) The date of manufacture of the parachute is unknown.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

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On Friday, December 2, 2022 at 10:24:09 AM UTC-8, Richard Pfiffner wrote:

This applies to parachutes with Static Line deployment.

(c) Applicability

This AD applies to MarS A.S. ATL-88/90-1B (commercially known as ATL-15 SL) emergency parachutes part number (P/N) 09994, P/N 09995, and P/N 09996 (no dash number) that meet either of the criterion in paragraph (c)(1) or (2) of this AD:

(1) The parachute has a date of manufacture of January 1, 2016, or later; or

(2) The date of manufacture of the parachute is unknown.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

(c) Applicability

This AD applies to MARS A.S. ATL-88/90-1B (commercially known as ATL-15 SL) emergency parachutes with an extension of static line made of Microline cord and that meet any of the criterion in paragraph (c)(1), (2), or (3) of this AD:

(1) The parachute has a date of manufacture between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2020, inclusive;

(2) The parachute has a serial number (S/N) 2145001 through S/N 2145005 inclusive, and S/N 2145023 through S/N 2145034 inclusive; or

(3) The date of manufacture or the S/N of the parachute is unknown.

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