Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-23165 · Time limits/maintenance checks
Airbus SAS Airplanes
This AD applies to Airbus SAS Model A350-941 and -1041 airplanes, certificated in any category, with an original airworthiness certificate or original export certificate of airworthiness issued on or before August 1, 2024.
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2023-02- 18, which applied to certain Airbus SAS Model A350-941 and -1041 airplanes. AD 2023-02-18 required revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. Since the FAA issued AD 2023-02- 18, the FAA has determined that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. This AD continues to require certain actions in AD 2023-02-18, and requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
This paragraph restates the requirements of paragraph (j) of AD 2023-02-18, with a new terminating action. For Model A350-941 and -1041 airplanes with an original airworthiness certificate or original export certificate of airworthiness issues on or before May 2, 2022: 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 2022-0124, dated June 28, 2022 (EASA AD 2022-0124). Accomplishing the revision of the existing maintenance or inspection program required by paragraph (j) of this AD terminates the requirements of this paragraph.
This paragraph restates the exceptions specified in paragraph (k) of AD 2023-02-18, with no changes.
(1) The requirement specified in paragraph (1) of EASA AD 2022-0124 does not apply to this AD.
(2) Paragraph (2) of EASA AD 2022-0124 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, within 90 days after March 23, 2023 (the effective date of AD 2023-02-18).
(3) The initial compliance time for complying with the limitations specified in paragraph (2) of EASA AD 2022-0124 is at the applicable “limitations” as incorporated by the requirements of paragraph (2) of EASA AD 2022-0124, or within 90 days after March 23, 2023 (the effective date of AD 2023-02-18), whichever occurs later.
(4) The provisions specified in paragraphs (3) and (4) of EASA AD 2022-0124 do not apply to this AD.
(5) This AD does not adopt the “Remarks” section of EASA AD 2022-0124.
This paragraph restates the requirements of paragraph (l) of AD 2023-02-18, with a new exception. Except as required by paragraph (j) of this AD, after the existing maintenance or inspection program has been revised as required by paragraph (g) of this AD, no alternative actions (e.g., inspections) and intervals are allowed unless they are approved as specified in the provisions of the “Ref. Publications” section of EASA AD 2022-0124.
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 2024-0189, dated October 1, 2024 (EASA AD 2024-0189). Accomplishing the revision of the existing maintenance or inspection program required by this paragraph terminates the requirements of paragraph (g) of this AD.
(1) This AD does not adopt the requirements specified in paragraph (1) of EASA AD 2024-0189.
(2) Paragraph (2) of EASA AD 2024-0189 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, within 90 days after the effective date of this AD.
(3) The initial compliance time for complying with limitations specified in paragraph (2) of EASA AD 2024-0189 is at the applicable “limitations” as incorporated by the requirements of paragraph (2) of EASA AD 2024-0189, or within 90 days after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs later.
(4) This AD does not adopt the provisions specified in paragraphs (3) and (4) of EASA AD 2024-0189.
(5) This AD does not adopt the “Remarks” section of EASA AD 2024-0189.
After the existing maintenance or inspection program has been revised as required by paragraph (j) of this AD, no alternative actions (e.g., inspections) and intervals are allowed unless they are approved as specified in the provisions of the “Ref. Publications” section of EASA AD 2024-0189.
The following provisions also apply to this AD:
(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs): The Manager, AIR-520, Continued Operational Safety Branch, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your request to your principal inspector or responsible Flight Standards Office, as appropriate. If sending information directly to the manager of AIR-520, Continued Operational Safety Branch, send it to the attention of the person identified in paragraph (n) of this AD and email to: AMOC@faa.gov. Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager of the responsible Flight Standards Office.
(2) Contacting the Manufacturer: For any requirement in this AD to obtain instructions from a manufacturer, the instructions must be accomplished using a method approved by the Manager, AIR-520, Continued Operational Safety Branch, FAA; or EASA; or Airbus SAS's EASA Design Organization Approval (DOA). If approved by the DOA, the approval must include the DOA-authorized signature.
For more information about this AD, contact Dan Rodina, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA 98198; phone: 206-231-3225; email: dan.rodina@faa.gov.
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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