Global Regulatory Update, Feb. 20-26, 2022

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-03-16 for certain GEnx-1B and -2Bs, requiring initial and repetitive inspections of the compressor discharge pressure bolted joint and, depending on the findings, a piece part inspection of the stages 6-10 compressor rotor spool, joint seal and high-pressure turbine rotor stage 1 disk, or, as a terminating action, reassembling the joint using a specific torque wrench, effective March 21, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-03-12 for all Airbus A340-200s, -300s, -500s and -600s, requiring replacing the placard with an improved instruction placard, and prohibiting the installation of affected parts under certain conditions, effective March 21, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-03-14 for certain Airbus A350-941s and -1041s, requiring updating certain software for the braking and steering system, effective March 21, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-04-05 for all Boeing 757s and 767s, revising the limitations and operating procedures sections of the existing airplane flight manual to incorporate specific operating procedures for landing distance calculations, instrument landing system approaches, non-precision approaches, speed-brake deployment, and go-around and missed approaches, when in the presence of 5G C-band interference as identified by Notices to Air Missions, effective Feb. 14, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-03-15 for various airplanes modified with certain configurations of Garmin G3X touch electronic flight instrument system installed per supplemental type certificate SA01899WI or Garmin GI 275 multifunction display installed per certificate SA02658SE, requiring modifying the resistive fuel probe interface, effective March 21, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-02-03 for all CFM56-3s and -7Bs with a certain accessory gearbox assembly not equipped with a dynamic oil seal assembly in the hand-cranking pad, requiring independent inspection to verify re-installation of the hand-cranking pad cover after maintenance and replacement of affected assemblies as a terminating action, effective March 22, 2022.

Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation has issued airworthiness directive 2021-FATA-01020A-07 for Irkut RRJ-95Bs and -95LR-100s, amending time limits and maintenance checks under airworthiness limitations section, effective Dec. 24, 2021.

EASA has not adopted Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation airworthiness directive 2021-FATA-01020A-08 for RRJ-95Bs and -95LR-100Ss.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-001R1 for Irkut RRJ-95Bs, requiring inspection of fuselage supporting struts rod ends at frame 58, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0025 for Airbus A330s and A340s, requiring inspection and replacement of main and center landing gear bogie pivot pins, effective March 1, 2022.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0026 for Airbus A319s, A320s and A321s, requiring replacement of galley container end stop, effective March 2, 2022.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-012 for CFM LEAP-1Bs, implementing time limits and maintenance checks under airworthiness limitations section, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

Transport Canada has issued airworthiness directive CF-2022-04 for Airbus Canada A220-100s, requiring replacement of radome, effective Feb. 28, 2022.