Global Regulatory Update, May 1-7, 2022

Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil Brazil has issued airworthiness directive BR-2022-04-01 for Embraer ERJ 170s, requiring inspection of flight control electrical harnesses W126 and W127, effective April 29, 2022.

Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil Brazil has issued airworthiness directive BR-2022-04-02 for Embraer ERJ 190-300s, requiring inspection and modification of landing gear shear pin lock-wires, effective May 3, 2022.

UK Civil Aviation Authority has issued airworthiness directive G-2022-0009, requiring inspection of Survitec lifejackets Type 102 Mk 3, Mk 4 and 10 FAA, effective May 5, 2022.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-048 for Airbus A380-841s, -842s and -861s, requiring software update on air conditioning engine bleed air system, amending airplane flight manual master minimum equipment list, and replacing engine bleed air supply over-pressure valve and anti-ice control unit, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0071 for certain CFM LEAP-1Bs, amending time limits and maintenance checks under airworthiness limitations section, effective May 10, 2022.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0074 for certain CFM LEAP-1Bs, requiring inspection and modification of transfer gearbox module scavenge screens, effective May 11, 2022.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-049 for Airbus A320 family, amending aircraft flight manual section limitations and modifying auto flight guidance standard, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0075 for Airbus A380-841s, -842s and -861s, requiring replacing body landing gear rear axle, effective May 5, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-08-13 for all Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34s, -34Bs, -34AGs, -114s and -114As, requiring replacement of certain compressor turbine vanes and removal of certain blades when these blades have been operated with certain vanes, effective May 27, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-08-05 for certain Boeing 737-800s, requiring detailed inspections for the presence and condition of sealant at certain locations in the lower lobe electronic equipment bay and replacing the moisture barrier tape at a certain location, replacing the weather seal at a certain location, and installing seat track fillers, effective May 27, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-06-07 for Boeing 777-200s and -300s, requiring repetitive inspections for cracking of the left- and right-side forward outer chords of the pivot bulkhead; repetitive detailed and high frequency eddy current inspections of the longeron fitting; and, for post-repair and post-modification inspections, the bulkhead assembly structure, for any cracking, and doing all applicable on-condition actions, effective May 31, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-08-16 for certain Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent 1000s and 7000s, requiring initial and repetitive borescope inspections of intermediate-pressure compressor, but allows modification as a terminating action, effective May 31, 2022.

Transport Canada has issued airworthiness directive CF-2022-21 for De Havilland DHC-8-401s and -402s, requiring inspection of horizontal stabilizer to vertical stabilizer joint for signs of gapping or bending of the saddle washers and/or adjacent washers and replacing with new saddle washers, plus other actions, effective May 5, 2022.

Transport Canada has issued airworthiness directive CF-2022-22 for Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308As and 308Cs, requiring replacing combustion chamber outer case forward flange bolts with certain part numbers, plus other actions, effective May 6, 2022.

Transport Canada has issued emergency airworthiness directive CF02022-23 for Airbus Canada A220-100s and -300s, requiring removal of inflation valve safety pin from passenger and service door escape slides, effective immediately.