Global Regulatory Update, Feb. 27-March 5, 2022

UK Civil Aviation Authority has issued airworthiness directive G-2022-0003 for BAE Systems Hawker Siddeley HS 748s, amending time limits and maintenance checks for environmental damage corrosion prevention and control program, effective Feb. 25, 2022.

UK Civil Aviation Authority has issued airworthiness directive G-2022-0002 for BAE Systems BAE146s, requiring modification of autopilot disconnect, effective Feb. 25, 2022.

UK Civil Aviation Authority has issued airworthiness directive G-2021-0016R1 for BAE Systems Avro 146RJs and BAE146s, requiring inspection of left hand nose landing gear well sidewall and retraction jack attachment, effective March 4, 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 airworthiness directive 2022-0028 for Airbus A319s, A320s and A321s, amending aircraft flight manual normal procedures, master minimum equipment list and integrated standby instrument system, and requiring modification of elevator aileron computer system, effective March 8, 2022.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0030 for Airbus A320 family, requiring inspection of fuselage inner cap and frame flange at frame 68 stringer 22, effective March 11, 2022.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-0002R1 for Airbus A320 family, requiring inspection of rudder, effective Feb. 23, 2022.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-013 for Airbus A321s, requiring inspection of aft engine mount secondary load path, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-018 for Airbus A350-941s, requiring inspection of fuselage fasteners at frame 96 stringer 6 and 7 on right hand side, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-019 for Airbus A350-1041s and -941s, amending aircraft flight manual performance database, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-014 for Dornier 328-100s and -300s, requiring installation of placards and gloves, and amending aircraft flight manual emergency procedure for smoke, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-015 for certain Rolls-Royce Deutschland RB211 Trent 700s, requiring inspection of intermediate pressure compressor rotor shaft, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0027 for Fokker F28 MARK0070s and 0100s, implementing time limits and maintenance checks under airworthiness limitations section part 2, airworthiness limitations items and safe life items, effective March 4, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-04-02 for certain Rolls-Royce Trent 1000s, requiring manual deactivation of the modulated air system control valves, effective March 29, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-04-07 for GEnxs, requiring a shim check inspection of the fuel metering unit bypass valve plug and, depending on the results of the inspection, replacement of the unit, effective March 9, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-03-22 for certain Airbus A350-941s and -1041s, requiring repetitive detailed inspections and applicable corrective actions, providing an optional modification that terminates inspections and, for certain airplanes, a one-time detailed inspection of the modification for proper installation and applicable corrective actions if necessary, effective March 29, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-04-03 for certain Airbus A320-family aircraft revising the existing maintenance or inspection program to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, effective March 30, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-02-14 for certain Boeing 787-8s, -9s and -10s, requiring repetitive lubrications of the left and right main landing gear truck beams and inner cylinder pivot joints; review of the maintenance program documentation to verify that certain lubrication tasks are incorporated; repetitive inspections of the gear’s inner cylinder pivot pins, inner cylinder bushings of the gear truck beams and inner cylinder joints to detect friction, heat damage, excessive wear, cracking and smearing of bushing material; and applicable on-condition actions, effective March 30, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-05-04 for all Boeing 737-100s, -200s, -200Cs, -300s, -400s, -500s, -600s, -700s, -700Cs, -800s, -900 and -900ERs (except for 737-200s and -200Cs equipped with a certain flight control system) revising the limitations and operating procedures sections of the airplane flight manual to incorporate specific operating procedures for instrument landing system approaches, speed-brake deployment, go-arounds and missed approaches when in the presence of 5G C-Band interference as identified by Notices to Air Missions, effective Feb. 24, 2022.

Transport Canada has issued airworthiness directive CF-2022-04 for Airbus Canada A220-300s, requiring inspection and replacement of painted radome diverter strips, effective Feb. 28, 2022.