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2025-07-01

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Airworthiness Directives; Thommen Aircraft Equipment AG Digital Air Data Computers

Unsafe Condition: Occurrences of AC32 Digital ADCs that stopped functioning due to the power module failing at temperatures below -20 degrees Celsius.

Effective: May 15, 2025 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 12 months after the effective date of this AD

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Thommen Aircraft Equipment AG Digital Air Data Computers

2024-25-05 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: a torn bulkhead seal found jamming the nose landing gear emergency cable pulley, and due to the similarity of design, the main landing gear emergency cable pulley could be exposed to the same failu...

Effective: Feb 12, 2025 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 flight hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

2024-24-04 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: cracking, which could lead to reduced structural integrity of the lugs on the horizontal stabilizer-to-fuselage rear attachment fittings

Effective: Jan 13, 2025 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 flight hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

2023-25-11 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Cracking or broken rivets of certain left- and right-hand stringers and surrounding structure, which could result in reduced structural integrity of the airplane.

Effective: Feb 7, 2024 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 12 months of effective date

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

2022-17-06 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: cracks on the left-hand (LH) and right-hand (RH) side fuselage skin and on frame (FR) 5 underneath the skin, near the leading edge of the wing, which could affect the structural integrity of the ai...

Effective: Sep 29, 2022 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 flight hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Technical illustration of a riveted aircraft structural panel and frame
Problem area Airframe structure

2021-25-06 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: fatigue cracking, damage, and corrosion in principal structural elements; such fatigue cracking, damage, and corrosion could result in reduced structural integrity of the airplane.

Effective: Feb 15, 2022 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 90 work-hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

2021-16-07 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: cracks on the left-hand (LH) and right-hand (RH) side fuselage skin and on a certain frame underneath the skin, near the leading edge of the wing.

Effective: Sep 28, 2021 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Technical illustration of a riveted aircraft structural panel and frame
Problem area Airframe structure

2021-06-08 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Leaks in a motorized fuel valve, which could lead to failure of the fuel valve and consequent improper fuel system functioning or, in case of the presence of an ignition source, an airplane fire.

Effective: May 10, 2021 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft fuel pump, filter, valve, and lines
Problem area Fuel system

2021-02-18 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: cracks found on certain left- and right-hand stringers in the area of frame (FR) 43 of the fuselage

Effective: Mar 30, 2021 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 300 flight hours after the effective date of this AD

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

2020-03-18 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Failure of the rudder pedal control system support structure, which could result in reduced controllability of the airplane.

Effective: Apr 2, 2020 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 flight hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft flight control surface and actuator
Problem area Flight controls

2018-25-16

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: fatigue cracking, damage, and corrosion in principal structural elements; such fatigue cracking, damage, and corrosion could result in reduced structural integrity of the airplane.

Effective: Jan 22, 2019 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 90 days after the effective date of this AD

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

2018-19-02 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A. (CASA)) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Failures were reported of the rudder pedal control system support on CASA C-212 aeroplanes. Subsequent investigation revealed that the welding area of the affected support structure had broken. Thi...

Effective: Oct 22, 2018 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A. (CASA)) Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft flight control surface and actuator
Problem area Flight controls

2018-18-10 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Cracks were found on the door mechanism actuator shaft assemblies of the nose landing gear (NLG), which could lead to an in-flight NLG door opening and possibly result in detachment of the affected...

Effective: Oct 18, 2018 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 flight hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft landing gear and wheel assembly
Problem area Landing gear

2018-18-09

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Cracks were found on the stabilizer-to-fuselage rear attachment fitting, which could lead to reduced structural integrity of the lugs on the stabilizer-to-fuselage rear attachment fittings and cons...

Effective: Oct 10, 2018 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

2017-19-25 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Leakage of motorized cross-feed fuel valves, which could lead to failure of the fuel valve and consequent improper fuel system functioning or, in case of an ignition source, an airplane fire.

Effective: Nov 1, 2017 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 flight hours after the effective date of the AD.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft fuel pump, filter, valve, and lines
Problem area Fuel system

2017-19-08

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Failures of the rudder pedal control system support, specifically the welding area of the affected support structure breaking.

Effective: Oct 25, 2017 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 12 months after the effective date of this AD.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft flight control surface and actuator
Problem area Flight controls

2017-19-07

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Incorrect electrical polarity connections on engine fire extinguishing discharge cartridges, which could prevent actuation of the discharge cartridge in case of automatic fire detection or manual i...

Effective: Oct 25, 2017 Category: engine Compliance: Within 12 months of the effective date (October 25, 2017).

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft turbine engine assembly
Problem area Engine

2017-18-09 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Excessive play between bushings and their respective fitting housings at certain elevator fittings, which could lead to failure or detachment of affected structural parts, possibly resulting in red...

Effective: Oct 10, 2017 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft flight control surface and actuator
Problem area Flight controls

2017-10-15

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Jammed spring mechanism in the emergency door could lead to failure in extending the external handle from its recess, potentially preventing the door from being opened from outside during an emerge...

Effective: Jun 29, 2017 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

2017-01-10 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Damaged and cracked rudder torque tube shafts, which could lead to structural failure of the affected rudder torque tube shaft and possible reduced control of the airplane.

Effective: Feb 22, 2017 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight after the conditions identified in Airbus Defense & Space Alert Operators T...

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft flight control surface and actuator
Problem area Flight controls

2017-01-05 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Reports of cracks in certain areas of the rear fuselage, specifically affecting the rear fuselage lateral beam on both left and right sides.

Effective: Feb 15, 2017 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within the compliance times specified in the AD, unless already done.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

2016-26-03

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Damage to the feeder cables of certain fuel booster pumps, including signs of electrical arcing and fuel leaks, which could create an ignition source in the fuel tank vapor space, possibly resultin...

Effective: Feb 8, 2017 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 12 months of the effective date of this AD.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft fuel pump, filter, valve, and lines
Problem area Fuel system

2016-17-17

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Main landing gear (MLG) access doors detaching from the airplane as a result of excessive vibration and metal fatigue in the attach fittings.

Effective: Oct 5, 2016 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft landing gear and wheel assembly
Problem area Landing gear

2016-11-08 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.)

Unsafe Condition: Fatigue-related microcracks along the surface of Teleflex cables, leading to cable disruption and potential failure of the engine control system.

Effective: Jul 6, 2016 Category: engine Compliance: Within the specified intervals as outlined in the service information (e.g., 5,000 flight cycles).

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.)

2016-07-18

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Insufficient insulation capability of the engine fire detection system allowed moisture penetration into fire detector connectors, reducing insulation resistance below required values, leading to f...

Effective: May 16, 2016 Category: engine Compliance: Within 18 months after the effective date of this AD.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft turbine engine assembly
Problem area Engine