Global Regulatory Update, Dec. 15-21, 2019

Agência Nacional De Aviação Civil of Brazil has issued emergency airworthiness directive 2019-12-01 for all Embraer ERJ 190-300s and -400s, requiring modification of airplane flight manual procedure associated with message of smoke in the electronic bays presented on the engine indication and crew alerting system, effective December 9, 2019.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-0297 for Airbus A340-541s, -542s, -642s and -643s, requiring inspection of wing lower skin covers at rib bays, effective December 23, 2019.

EASA has issued safety information bulletin NE-19-16 for Avidyne SkyTrax6XXA software traffic advisory system warning of failure to display traffic.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-0299 for Rolls-Royce Deutschland BR700-710A1-10s, -710A2-20s and -710C4-11s, requiring life limit reduction and replacement of high pressure turbine stage 1 discs, effective December 24, 2019.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 19-211 for Fokker F28 Mark 0100s, requiring inspection of fuselage frame inboard boom, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 19-212 for CFM56-5Bs, -5Cs and -7Bs, requiring replacement of rotating air high pressure turbine front seal, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-0301 for Airbus A350-1041s and -941s, requiring modification of aileron and elevator electro-hydrostatic actuators and amending aircraft flight manual, effective December 26, 2019.

EASA has issued emergency airworthiness directive ISR-I-53-2019-12-6 for Boeing 737-300s, -400s and -700s, imposing loading restrictions due to 9g barrier manufacturing non-compliance, effective December 12, 2019.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-22-09 for certain Boeing 787-8s, requiring repetitive surface high frequency eddy current inspections of the left and right side main landing gear aft hanger link lug fitting for cracking, and applicable on-condition actions, effective January 13, 2020.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-23-12 for all Boeing 737-300s, -400s, and -500s, requiring applying sealant to the fasteners in the fuel tanks, replacing wire bundle clamps external to the fuel tanks, and installing Teflon sleeving under the clamps, effective January 13, 2020.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-23-06 for certain Boeing 757-200s, -200CBs and -300s, requiring general visual inspection for cracks initiating in the fuselage frame web at body station 1640 and inspection for any previous repair, such as any reinforcing repair or local frame replacement repair, repetitive open hole high frequency eddy current inspections for any crack of the fuselage frame web fastener holes, on the left and right side of the airplane, and applicable on-condition actions, effective January 13, 2020.

FAA has issued special airworthiness information bulletin NM-19-17 for Embraer EMB-135BJs, -135ERs, -135KEs, -135KLs, and -135LRs and Model EMB-145s, -145ERs, -145-MRs, -145-LRs, -145-XRs, -145MPs, and -145Eps, warning of discrepancies found on electrical wiring terminations at the receptacles of certain pitot relays.

FAA has issued special airworthiness information bulletin CE-19-19, advising that there is an issue with certain ground stations properly detecting and tracking aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins TDR-94 -94D ATC/Mode S transponders.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-23-07 for certain Boeing 787-8s, 787-9s and 787-10s, requiring installing an insert to prevent installation of down-lock pin in the incorrect location in the apex pin inner bore of the nose landing gear lock link assembly, effective January 16, 2020.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-22-02 for all Boeing 747-200Bs, 747-200Cs, 747-200Fs, 747-300s, 747-400s, 747-400Ds, 747-400Fs, 747-8Fs and 747-8s, requiring, for the captain's and first officer's seats, repetitive horizontal actuator identifications, repetitive checks of the horizontal movement system, a detailed inspection of this system for certain airplanes, and applicable on-condition actions, and inspection to determine the part number and, if applicable, the serial number of the captain's and first officer's seats, and applicable on-condition actions, effective January 16, 2020.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-23-15 for certain Airbus Canada Limited Partnership CS100s, requiring revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, effective January 16, 2020.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-23-13 for certain Airbus A320-251Ns and A321-253Ns, requiring replacement of the pylon block seals, effective January 16, 2020.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2019-19-10 for all Boeing 737-300s, -400s, -500s, -600s, -700s, -700Cs, -800s, -900s and -900ERs, 757s, 767s, 777sand 787-8s and 787-9s, requiring, for certain airplanes, revising the existing airplane flight manual and for certain other airplanes revising the existing minimum equipment list to do an operational check of the fuel cross-feed valve prior to each extended operations flight if one fuel cross-feed valve, or fuel balancing system on 787s, is inoperative, effective January 16, 2020.

The Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation has issued airworthiness directive 2019-FATA-01020A-05 for Sukhoi RRJ-95Bs and -95LR-100s, requiring inspection and replacement of wing outer wing slat section diaphragms, effective June 27, 2019.

The Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation has issued airworthiness directive 2019-FATA-01020A-06 for Sukhoi RRJ-95Bs and -95LR-100s, requiring inspection and replacement of wing link of track of slat section, effective August 5, 2019.

The Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation has issued airworthiness directive 2019-FATA-01020A for Sukhoi RRJ-95Bs and -95LR-100s, requiring inspection and replacement of wing link of track of slat section, effective August 5, 2019.

The Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation has issued airworthiness directive 2019-FATA-01020A-09 for Sukhoi RRJ-95Bs and -95LR-100s requiring inspection and replacement of wing outer wing slat section diaphragms, effective September 6, 2019.

Transport Canada has issued airworthiness directive CF-2019-44 for CRJ700s, 900s and 1000s requiring incorporating revised appendix, A2-00 into Part 2 airworthiness limitations and other actions, effective December 23, 2019.