AD 2025-20-13

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

AD Number
2025-20-13
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2025-3427
FR Citation
90 FR 47523

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Airbus SAS Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

The brake system accumulators and shut-off valve (SOV) protecting the brake accumulators might be exposed to a temperature lower than the one for which the accumulator and SOV are qualified. Additionally, if an airplane is dispatched under master minimum equipment list (MMEL) conditions associated with the Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor (ECAM) ``L/G RETRACTION FAULT'' alert message, operations for Constant Speed Motor/Generator (CSM/G) will be prevented.

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Required Actions

Revising the existing airplane flight manual (AFM) to incorporate new procedures for flight with landing gear down and the existing minimum equipment list (MEL) to prevent dispatch with a ``L/G Retraction Fault'' alert.

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Compliance Time

Before further flight

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Affected Aircraft

All Airbus SAS Model A330-200, A330-200 Freighter, A330-300, A340-200, A340-300, A340-500, and A340-600 series airplanes.

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Retrieved: Apr 4, 2026

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