Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-9439 · Airbus Airplanes
Airbus Airplanes
This AD applies to Airbus A320-111, A320-211, A320-231.
The models as the FAA's AD index lists them. The serial ranges, installed parts and exceptions are in the AD itself: read it at the FAA.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A320-111, -211, and -231 series airplanes, that requires modification of the aileron support frame of the wings. This amendment is prompted by reports indicating that tensile cracks have been found at a certain mounting hinge of the aileron support frame during full scale fatigue testing of the test article due to fatigue-related stress. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent such fatigue-related cracking, which could result in loss of the aileron control surface and the inability of the pilot to control rolling moments of the airplane.
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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