AD NUMBER: 2004-16-14
MANUFACTURER: TA/RA VSI-TCAS indicators
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-16-14
SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness
directive (AD), applicable to certain Thales AvionicsTA/RA VSI-TCAS
indicators, installed on but not limited to certain transport
category airplanes equipped with TCAS II change 7 computers (ACAS
II), that requires a revision to the airplane flight manual (AFM)
to advise the flight crew to follow the audio annunciation when an
RA fail message is triggered during a multi-aircraft encounter.