AD 96-19-02 61 FR 48613

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Industrie Aeronautiche E Meccaniche (I.A.M.) Model Piaggio P-180 airplanes. This action requires modifying the passenger seat cushion next to the emergency exit door handle. Reports of interference between the passenger seat cushion and the emergency exit door handle, preventing the door from opening from the outside, prompted this AD action. The actions specified by the AD are intended to prevent the possibility of not being able to open the emergency exit door during an emergency evacuation of the airplane, which could result in injury to the passengers.