Global Regulatory Update, March 31-April 6, 2019

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-0051R1 for Boeing: 737-8s and 737-9s, suspending flight operations, effective March 26, 2019.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 19-045 for certain Airbus A300-600s, implementing time limits and maintenance checks under airworthiness limitations section part 2, damage tolerant airworthiness limitation items, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 19-044 for certain Airbus A310s, implementing time limits and maintenance checks under airworthiness limitations section part 2, damage tolerant airworthiness limitation items, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 19-046 for Dornier 328-100 wings, requiring inspection of landing flap support arms, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-0063 for Airbus A330s and A340s, requiring inspection and replacement of landing gear free fall actuators, effective April 9, 2019.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-0065 for Airbus A350-941s, requiring replacement of rear fuselage cone diagonal struts, effective April 10, 2019.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 19-047 for certain Airbus A320s and A321s, requiring modification and replacement of pneumatic bleed monitoring computer.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-0067 for Airbus A320 family, requiring inspection of lateral cockpit window frame upper stiffener, effective April 10, 2019.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 2019-0068 for Airbus A320-251Ns and A321-253Ns, requiring inspection and replacement of nacelles pylon block seals, effective April 10, 2019.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-0069 for Airbus A320 family, requiring modification of overhead stowage compartments, effective April 11, 2019.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2018-0212R1 for Airbus A319-113s, -114s, A320-211s and -212s, requiring replacement of engine mount titanium crossbeam, effective April 4, 2019.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-0072 for Airbus A380-841s, -842s and -861s, implementing time limits and maintenance checks under airworthiness limitations section part 2, damage tolerant airworthiness limitation items, effective April 11, 2019.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 19-048 for Fokker F28 Mark 0070s and 0100s, requiring inspection, modification and replacement of lavatory waste bins and fire extinguishers.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 19-049 for Airbus A340-541s, -542s, -642s and -643s, amending the aircraft flight manual’s landing distance determination procedure.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-0071 for Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent XWB-75s, -79s, -79Bs and XWB-84s, requiring replacement of low pressure turbine rear support seal panel, effective April 11, 2019.

EASA has not adopted Russian Federal Air Transport Agency’s 2017 airworthiness directive RU-2017-322-05 for Sukhoi RRJ-95s, which required repetitive inspections of fuselage Frame 58, lower part, between stringers 23-24 and stringers 33-34 to detect cracks, and accomplishment of corrective actions.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-0076 for Airbus A350-1041s and A350-941s, requiring modification of passenger door girt bar retention, effective April 12, 2019.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-0075 for Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent 1000s, requiring inspection of intermediate pressure compressor blades and shafts, effective April 12, 2019.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-06-01 for certain International Aero Engines PW1133G-JMs, PW1133GA-JMs, PW1130G-JMs, PW1127G-JMs, PW1127GA-JMs, PW1127G1-JMs, PW1124G-JMs, PW1124G1-JMs and PW1122G-JMs, requiring removing certain low-pressure turbine 1st- and 3rd-stage disks from service and replacing with a part eligible for installation, effective April 10, 2019.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-06-06 for all International Aero Engines V2500s, requiring initial and repetitive borescope inspections of the diffuser case M-flange and, if it fails the inspection, replacement of the diffuser case with a part eligible for installation, effective April 12, 2019.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive for certain Bombardier CRJ 700s, 701s, 702s, 705s, 900s, and 1000s, requiring replacing the main landing gear orifice support tube and revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive maintenance requirements and airworthiness limitations, effective May 3, 2019.