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Airworthiness Directive 97-10320

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AD 97-10320 · 1997-04-24 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Industrie Model A320, A321, A330, and A340 Series Airplanes Equipped With Westland-Sitec Fire Shutoff Valves Having Part Number EO3000

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Industrie Model A320, A321, A330, and A340 series airplanes, that requires repetitive testing of certain fire shutoff valves (FSOV) on the left and right engines, repetitive checks of certain parts on the FSOV motors, and replacement of discrepant valves with modified valves. This amendment also requires modification of FSOV seals and motors as terminating action for the repetitive testing and check requirements. This amendment is prompted by reports indicating that FSOV's are not closing completely during maintenance testing. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent the flow of hydraulic fluid to the engine in the event of fire which, if not corrected, would fuel the fire, and lead to the loss of fluid in associated hydraulic systems, causing those systems to fail.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 97-10320 applies to

MakesAirbus Industrie
ModelsA321, A330, A340

Equipped With

Whether AD 97-10320 actually applies to your aircraft (by serial and installed parts) and whether it’s already complied with comes from that aircraft’s records.

How AD compliance is recorded

A valid compliance record (14 CFR 43.9) states:

Method of compliance — The specific action taken (inspected, replaced, modified) and to what revision.
Date — When the work was done.
Aircraft time — Total time in service / tach at compliance — how recurring next-due is computed.
Signature & certificate — The A&P/IA who returned it to service, with certificate number.
Is AD 97-10320 complied with on your aircraft?

Tailplate reads a tail number’s logbooks and matches every applicable AD — including this one — to its compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates computed.

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Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and is advisory, not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.