Global Regulatory Update, Oct. 1-7, 2023

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 23-084R2 for Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent 1000s, requiring inspection and replacement of low-pressure compressor blades, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0241R1 for Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent 1000s, requiring inspection of high-pressure turbine seal, effective Oct. 3, 2023.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 23-104 for Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent 1000s, amending time limits and maintenance checks in time limits manual and maintenance program, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued. 

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 23-105 for Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent 7000s, amending time limits and maintenance checks in time limits manual and maintenance program, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has cancelled airworthiness directive 2023-0171-CN for certain Airbus A321s modified by Elbe Flugzeugwerke, which would have required inspection of center wing box rear lower spar and slanted beam.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2023-13-05 for all Boeing Company 737-600s, -700s, -700Cs, -800s, -900s and -900ERs, requiring an inspection for any repair at certain skin lap splices at S-4, S-14 and S-24 and, depending on configuration, repetitive inspections for buckling, wrinkling or bulging at affected skin lap splices and repair; repetitive inspections for cracking at affected locations common to fuselage skin on the left and right sides and repair; and alternative inspections and on-condition actions, effective Oct. 27, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2023-19-01 for all Airbus A330-200s, -200 freighters, -300s, -800s, -900, A340-200s and -300s series airplanes, requiring replacing cracked Honeywell GTCP331-350 auxiliary power units or re-identifying certain scroll housing assemblies, and prohibiting the installation of affected parts under certain conditions, effective Oct. 30, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2023-18-01 for all Rolls-Royce Deutschland RB211-Trent 875-17s, 877-17s, 884-17s, 884B-17s, 892-17s, 892B-17s and 895-17s, requiring replacing certain fuel pumps on at least one engine before further flight and replacing all affected pumps within a specified compliance time; plus prohibiting installing certain engines onto any airplane or certain fuel pump onto any engine, effective Oct. 30, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2023-18-05 for all Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd RB211-535C-37s, revising the airworthiness limitations section of the operator's existing approved engine maintenance or inspection program to incorporate new or more restrictive instructions and associated thresholds and intervals for life-limited parts, effective Oct. 30, 2023.

FAA has issued unapproved parts notification 2023-AAE-EHL-20230801-713 for GE bushing part number 1856M94P01 sold by AOG Technics LTD to TAP Maintenance & Engineering.