AD 2020-01-16

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

AD Number
2020-01-16
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2019-1078
FR Citation
85 FR 6741

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Airbus SAS Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
aircraft Aviat Various Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

The absence of a requirement to remove certain Emergency Procedures relating to the undue activation of Alpha Protection (Alpha Prot) in the existing Aircraft Flight Manual (AFM) after accomplishing a certain modification.

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Required Actions

Revising the AFM by removing Emergency Procedures relating to the undue activation of Alpha Prot from the existing AFM, as specified in EASA AD 2019-0312.

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Compliance Time

Before further flight

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Affected Aircraft

All Airbus SAS Model A330-200 Freighter series airplanes, Model A330-200 series airplanes, Model A330-300 series airplanes, Model A340-200 series airplanes, Model A340-300 series airplanes, Model A340-541 airplanes, and Model A340-642 airplanes.

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