Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-21526 · Time limits/maintenance checks
Dassault Aviation Airplanes
Superseded. A later AD replaced this one: AD 2023-04-15. Comply with the one in force.
This AD applies to Dassault Aviation Model FALCON 7X airplanes, certificated in any category, with an original airworthiness certificate or original export certificate of airworthiness issued on or before June 1, 2020.
Note 1 to paragraph (c): Model FALCON 7X airplanes with modification M1000 incorporated are commonly referred to as “Model FALCON 8X” airplanes as a marketing designation.
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2020-07- 16, which applied to certain Dassault Aviation Model FALCON 7X airplanes. AD 2020-07-16 required revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. This AD requires 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, which is incorporated by reference. This AD was prompted by a determination that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
This paragraph restates the requirements of paragraph (i) of AD 2020-07-16, with no changes. For airplanes with an original airworthiness certificate or original export certificate of airworthiness issued on or before June 1, 2019, 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 2019-0257, dated October 17, 2019 (EASA AD 2019-0257).
This paragraph restates the requirements of paragraph (j) of AD 2020-07-16 with no changes. For airplanes with an original airworthiness certificate or original export certificate of airworthiness issued on or before June 1, 2019:
(1) The requirements specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of EASA AD 2019-0257 do not apply to this AD.
(2) Where paragraph (3) of EASA AD 2019-0257 specifies a compliance time of “Within 12 months” after its effective date to “revise the approved AMP [Aircraft Maintenance Program],” this AD requires “revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable” to incorporate the “limitations, tasks and associated thresholds and intervals” specified in paragraph (3) of EASA AD 2019-0257 within 90 days after May 18, 2020 (the effective date of AD 2020-07-16).
(3) The initial compliance time for doing the tasks specified in paragraph (3) of EASA AD 2019-0257 is at the applicable “associated thresholds” specified in paragraph (3) of EASA AD 2019-0257, or within 90 days after May 18, 2020 (the effective date of AD 2020-07-16), whichever occurs later.
(4) The provisions specified in paragraphs (4) and (5) of EASA AD 2019-0257 do not apply to this AD.
(5) The “Remarks” section of EASA AD 2019-0257 does not apply to this AD.
This paragraph restates the requirements of paragraph (k) of AD 2020-07-16, with a new exception. For airplanes with an original airworthiness certificate or original export certificate of airworthiness issued on or before June 1, 2019, except as required by paragraph (j) of this AD, after the maintenance or inspection program has been revised as required by paragraph (g) of this AD, no alternative actions (e.g., inspections), intervals, or CDCCLs are allowed unless they are approved as specified in the provisions of the “Ref. Publications” section of EASA AD 2019-0257.
Except as specified in paragraph (k) of this AD: Comply with all required actions and compliance times specified in, and in accordance with, EASA AD 2020-0214, dated October 6, 2020 (EASA AD 2020-0214). Accomplishing the maintenance or inspection program revision required by this paragraph terminates the requirements of paragraph (g) of this AD.
(1) The requirements specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of EASA AD 2020-0214 do not apply to this AD.
(2) Paragraph (3) of EASA AD 2020-0214 specifies revising “the approved AMP” within 12 months after its effective date, but this AD requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate the “limitations, tasks and associated thresholds and intervals” specified in paragraph (3) of EASA AD 2020-0214 within 90 days after the effective date of this AD.
(3) The initial compliance time for doing the tasks specified in paragraph (3) of EASA AD 2020-0214 is at the applicable “associated thresholds” specified in paragraph (3) of EASA AD 2020-0214, or within 90 days after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs later.
(4) The provisions specified in paragraphs (4) and (5) of EASA AD 2019-0257 do not apply to this AD.
(5) The “Remarks” section of EASA AD 2020-0214 does not apply to this AD.
After the maintenance or inspection program has been revised as required by paragraph (j) of this AD, no alternative actions (e.g., inspections), intervals, or CDCCLs are allowed except as specified in the provisions of the “Ref. Publications” section of EASA AD 2020-0214.
Accomplishing the actions required by paragraphs (g) or (j) of this AD terminates the requirements of paragraph (q) of AD 2014-16-23.
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.
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