Global Regulatory Update, Feb. 23-29, 2020

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2020-0028 for Airbus A350-1041s and -941s, requiring inspection and replacement of thrust reverser hinge nut, effective Feb. 29, 2020.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2020-0031 for Airbus A350-1041s and -941s, requiring modification of passenger oxygen mask, effective March 3, 2020.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2020-0032 for Airbus A380-841s, -842s and -861s, requiring inspection of passenger door triple reed contact switches, effective March 3, 2020.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2020-0030 for Airbus A318s, A319s and A320s, requiring inspection and repair of external fuselage skin, effective March 3, 2020.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 20-038 for Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent XWB-75s, -79s, -79Bs, -84s and -97s, amending maintenance checks, time limits manual and maintenance program, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA is not adopting FAA airworthiness directive 2020-03-11 for certain Boeing 707s, 720s and 720Bs, which required modifying the fuel quantity indicating system to prevent development of an ignition source inside the center fuel tank due to electrical fault conditions.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2020-0027R1 for Airbus A350-1041s and -941s, requiring inspection and replacement of aileron, elevator and rudder electro-hydrostatic actuators, effective Feb. 28, 2020.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2020-01-55 for certain GE90-110B1s and -115Bs, requiring the removal from service of the inter-stage seal, part number 2505M72P01 or 2448M33P01, from affected engines, effective March 2, 2020, to all persons except those persons to whom it was made immediately effective by emergency airworthiness directive 2020-01-55, issued Jan. 17, 2020.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2020-02-20 for certain Airbus A318s, A319-111s, -112s, -113s, -114s, -115s, -131s, -132s, -133s, A320-211s, -212s, -214s, -231s, -232s -233s, A321-111s, -112s, -131s, -211s, -212s, -213s, -231s and -232s, requiring repetitive roto-test inspections for cracking, corrective actions if necessary and modification of the torsion box, which terminates the repetitive inspections, with certain revised compliance times, as specified in an EASA airworthiness directive, effective March 20, 2020.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2020-03-20 for certain Boeing MD-11s, MD-11Fs, 717-200s, all 737-8s, 737-9s, all 737-600s, -700s, -700Cs, -800s, -900s, -900ERs, certain 747-400s and -400Fs, certain 757s, 767s and 777s, requiring revising the existing airplane flight manual to include a limitation to prohibit operations that require less than 0.3 required navigational performance within a specified area for airplanes having a certain multi-mode receiver with certain software installed, effective Feb. 18, 2020.