AD 2025-14-09

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

AD Number
2025-14-09
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2025-0345
FR Citation
90 FR 34176

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Airbus SAS Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

fasteners installed in the center wing box (CWB) rotating inside their fastener holes, which could lead to loss of a fastener clamping and cracking of the nut sealant cover, possibly resulting, in case of lightning strike, in a fuel tank explosion and consequent loss of the airplane.

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Required Actions

Replace affected fasteners installed on the left-hand and right-hand CWB at the front and rear spar areas, and add head nut cap protection at the front and rear spars in the CWB, as specified in EASA AD 2024-0161.

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Compliance Time

Within 50 flight hours

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Affected Aircraft

Airbus SAS Model A350-941 and -1041 airplanes, certificated in any category, as identified in European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD 2024-0161, dated August 19, 2024 (EASA AD 2024-0161).

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Retrieved: Apr 4, 2026

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