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not sure if this is the right forum but

In short ALL Omega continers are GROUNDED in Australia
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Subject: Grounding of OMEGA Harness

URGENT CASA AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE!

CASA has just issued AD/PARA/14 OMEGA / QUICK Personal Parachute
9/2005 TX

Applicability: Performance Variable e.K. OMEGA VVS, XS, S, M ,L and XL
(Container-System) with QUICK 120, 135, 150, 180, or 220 (Reserve
Parachute) Personal Parachutes.

Requirement: Further use of the affected OMEGA/QUICK parachutes is
prohibited.

Compliance: As of the effective date of this Directive. This
Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 15 July 2005.

Background: The LBA (German CASA equivalent) received two reports of
incidents and one report of a fatal accident, where the Main parachute
in combination with the Container-System did not fully deploy. The cause
of the incidents and fatal accident is still under investigation. As an
interim action until the investigation is finalised, further use of the
affected parachutes is prohibited.

This CASA AD has been issued in response to an AD issued by The German
Luftfahrt-Bundesamt who has just issued the above mentioned EMERGENCY
Airworthiness Directive D-2005-248 for all OMEGA ( ) / QUICK ( )
Personal Parachutes, manufactured by Performance Variable e.K. in
Germany.

If you subscribe to www.dropzone.com there is some commentary at the
following addresses.
Check in the fatalities list on Drop Zone.com , fatalities,
France...most recent.
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1726796;sb=post_la
test_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed

Also commentary similar incidents.
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=
1439200;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25

A link to the full copy (pdf) of this CASA AD can be found on the APF
web site at http://www.apf.asn.au/sbrac.aspx

Cheers and Blue Skies.

Kim Hardwick :-)
APF Technical Officer
(02) 6281 6830
see the APF's web site @
www.apf.asn.au


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Check in the fatalities list on Drop Zone.com , fatalities,
France...most recent.
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1726796;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed

Also commentary similar incidents.
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=%201439200;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25


A link to the full copy (pdf) of this CASA AD can be found on the APF
web site at http://www.apf.asn.au/sbrac.aspx

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