Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-21503 · Navigation
Airbus SAS Airplanes
This AD applies to all Airbus SAS Model A330-323, A330-342, and A330-343 airplanes, certificated in any category.
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus SAS Model A330-323, -342, and -343 airplanes. This AD was prompted by the discovery of an erroneous value in some airplane data files that are used for performance computations in the airplane flight manual (AFM). This AD requires revising the existing AFM and applicable corresponding operational procedures, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Except as specified in paragraph (h) of this AD: Comply with all required actions and compliance times specified in, and in accordance with, European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD 2021-0071, dated March 12, 2021 (EASA AD 2021-0071).
(1) Where EASA AD 2021-0071 refers to its effective date, this AD requires using the effective date of this AD.
(2) Where paragraph (1) of EASA AD 2021-0071 specifies to “implement the AFM CP,” this AD requires revising the existing AFM and applicable corresponding operational procedures to include a certification package with the corrected complementary performance data file incorporated into the performance database section.
(3) Whereas paragraph (1) of EASA AD 2021-0071 specifies to “inform all flight crews, and, thereafter, operate the aeroplane accordingly,” this AD does not require those actions, which are already required by existing FAA operating regulations.
(4) The “Remarks” section of EASA AD 2021-0071 does not apply to this AD.
The aircraft, engines and makers this AD names, by the model designations in its text. A model listed here may still be outside the AD's serial ranges.
