Global Regulatory Update, Aug. 8-14, 2021

The Civil Aviation Authority of Australia has issued airworthiness bulletin 34-008 Issue on the calibration of compasses for all aircraft, intended to assist with calibrating and compensating aircraft magnetic compasses and providing data on the maximum allowable deviations enabling the compass to be maintained to its type design.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-0181 for Airbus A300s, amending time limits and maintenance checks under airworthiness limitations section part 2, damage tolerant airworthiness limitation items, effective Aug. 13, 2021.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 21-113 for Airbus A320 family, requiring inspection and modification of fuselage double joggle area frame 16 and frame 20, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2017-0132R2 for Airbus A320 family, requiring replacement of forward engine mount main beam snout, effective Aug. 10, 2021.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-0183 for Airbus A320 family, requiring inspection of galleys, effective Aug. 18, 2021.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 021-0111R1 for Airbus A320 family, requiring inspection of windshields, effective Aug. 12, 2021.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 21-115 for Airbus A310s, amending 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 21-114 for Airbus A300-600s, amending time limits and maintenance checks under airworthiness limitations section part 2, damage tolerant airworthiness limitation items, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-11-23 for certain Airbus A350-941s and -1041s, revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations and, for certain airplanes, requiring an update of the hydraulic monitoring system to include additional redundancy, effective Sept. 3, 2021.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-13-06 for certain Airbus A350-941s and -1041s, revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, effective Sept. 3, 2021.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-13-11 for certain MHI RJ Aviation RJ 705s and 900s, requiring modifying the floor structure between certain fuselage stations, effective Sept. 3, 2021.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-13-18 for all Boeing 737s powered by LEAP-1Bs, requiring replacing each spring door opening system actuator that has a certain part number with a new actuator, and verifying that new safety markers are installed in the proper locations, effective Sept. 3, 2021.

FAA has issued special airworthiness information bulletin AIR-21-08, advising on the flight safety risk to airplanes that uplift jet fuel contaminated with diesel exhaust fluid, or uplift jet fuel using refueling equipment that was exposed to this fluid, recommending owners of airplanes experiencing difficulties with this fluid consult with the original equipment manufacturers of their airplane, engine and auxiliary power unit to determine appropriate inspection and corrective maintenance actions.

FAA has issued special airworthiness information bulletin AIR-21-12 for Boeing 737-600s, -700s, -700Cs, -800s, -900s and-900ERs series (737 NG) airplanes, warning that thrust reversers on which the integrity test required by airworthiness directive 2019-18-03 is done may not deploy due to being in a state with residual load when commanded the first time after the test is done.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-15-11 for all Airbus A330-200s, -300s, -800s and -900s, A340-200s, -300s, -500s and -600s, requiring a special detailed inspection (flow test) of certain solenoid valves and replacement if necessary, effective Sept. 9, 2021.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-15-08 for all Airbus A350-941s and -1041s, requiring replacing all corroded flight deck escape hatches with serviceable hatches, effective Sept. 9, 2021.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-15-07 for all Airbus A330-200s, -200 freighters, -300s, -800s, and -900s, A340-200s and -300s, requiring doing a detailed inspection of the trimmable horizontal stabilizer actuator parts for discrepancies and corrective action if necessary, and prohibits using earlier versions of certain airplane maintenance manual tasks, effective Sept. 9, 2021.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-15-12 for all Pratt & Whitney PW210A and PW210S model turboshaft engines, requiring use of the manual low-cycle fatigue counting method in place of the automated damage tracking system counting method to determine the number of cycles accrued by the impeller and high-pressure compressor rotor, effective Sept. 9, 2021.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-15-02 for certain Airbus Canada Limited Partnership A220-100s and -200s, requiring installation of a software update to correct deficiencies in the primary flight control computer and the remote electronics unit software, effective Sept. 9, 2021.