AD 2020-22-16

final rule
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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

AD Number
2020-22-16
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2020-0590
FR Citation
85 FR 70439
Supersedes
2019-03-17

Applicability

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

Unsafe Condition

a safety-significant latent failure (that is not annunciated), which, in combination with one or more other specific failures or events, could result in a hazardous or catastrophic failure condition.

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Required Actions

revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, and revising the existing maintenance or inspection program takes an average of 90 work-hours per operator.

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Compliance Time

Before further flight

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Affected Aircraft

Airbus SAS Model A318-111, -112, -121, and -122 airplanes; Model A319-111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, -132, and -133 airplanes; Model A320-211, -212, -214, -231, -232, and -233 airplanes; and Model A321-111, -112, -131, -211, -212, -213, -231, and -232 airplanes.

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