Global Regulatory Update, Jan. 8-14, 2023

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0252 for Rolls-Royce Deutschland BR700-715A1-30s, -715B1-30s and -715C1-30s, requiring inspection of low-pressure compressor booster rotor, effective Dec. 30, 2022.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0253 for Airbus A330-841s and -941s, requiring modification and replacement of engine electronic control software, effective Jan. 2, 2023.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0259 for Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent 1000s, amending time limits and maintenance checks under time limits manual and maintenance program, effective Jan. 3, 2023.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0260 for Fokker F28 Mark 0070s and 0100s, implementing time limits and maintenance checks under airworthiness limitations section part 2, airworthiness limitations items and safe life items, effective Jan. 3, 2023.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0257 for Airbus A340-313s, requiring inspection and replacement of fuel valves and pumps, effective Jan. 4, 2023.
 

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0264 for Rolls-Royce Deutschland RB211 Trent 900s, requiring replacement of fuel pump, effective Jan. 4, 2023.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0262 for Airbus A380-841s, -842s and -861s, requiring inspection of wing front and rear spars, effective Jan. 4, 2023.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0263 for Airbus A350-941s, requiring greasing of the main landing gear bogie pivot pin, effective Jan. 4, 2023.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-0166R1 for Airbus A320-214s, -251Ns and -271Ns, requiring inspection of passenger seats, effective Dec. 29, 2022.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-0266 for the Airbus A320 family, requiring inspection of the cockpit panel bracket, effective Jan. 5, 2023.
 

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-175 for Airbus A300-600s, amending time limits and maintenance checks under airworthiness limitations section part 4, system equipment maintenance requirements, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-176 for Airbus A310s, amending time limits and maintenance checks under airworthiness limitations section part 4, system equipment maintenance requirements, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-179 for Airbus A340s, amending time limits and maintenance checks under damage tolerant airworthiness limitation items, part 2, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-180 for Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent 1000s, requiring inspection of low-pressure turbine stage 1 blades, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-181 for Airbus A380-841s, -842s and -861s, requiring inspection of fuselage frame 99 to 104 shear ties and mouse holes, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.
 

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-182 for Airbus A330s, requiring leak test of inner fuel tanks, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-166R1 for the Airbus A320 family, requiring replacement of landing gear braking and steering control unit, amending master minimum equipment list and replacing electric and electronic common installation relays, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued

EASA has issued proposed airworthiness directive 22-184 for Airbus A380-841s, -842s and -861s, requiring replacement of nose landing gear sliding tubes, effective 14 days after airworthiness directive is issued.

EASA has canceled airworthiness directive 22-183-CN for Airbus A320-211s, which required replacement of ARTUS transfo-rectifier.

EASA has issued a safety information bulletin 2022-11 regarding SAE Type II, III and IV aircraft anti-icing fluid application.
 

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-08, for all Airbus A300s, A300-600s and A310s, requiring repetitive inspections and electrical test measurements of certain parts related to the front windshield and applicable corrective actions, effective Jan. 20, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-04 for certain Boeing 747-400s and -8s, requiring replacing certain snubbers of the door 5 ceiling stowage boxes on certain airplanes and changing the location of the snubber attachments on certain other airplanes, effective Jan. 20, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive for certain Airbus A300 B4-603s, B4-605Rs and B4-622Rs, and A310-304s, -324s and -325s, requiring inspections around the rivet heads of the seal retainer run-out holes at certain frames and corrective actions if necessary, effective Jan. 23, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-02 for Airbus A350-941s and -1041s, requiring a one-time health check of the slat power control unit torque sensing unit for discrepancies, and replacing these if necessary; a detailed inspection of the left-hand and right-hand slat transmission systems for discrepancies and corrective actions if necessary; left and right track 12 slat gear rotary actuator water drainage and vent plug cleaning; and revising the limitations on the installation of affected parts, effective Jan. 23, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-22 for certain Airbus SAS Model A350-941s and -1041s, requiring a one-time inspection of the engine fire extinguishing pipes for the presence of protective caps and removal of any protective caps found, effective Jan. 23, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-19 for certain Airbus Canada A220-100s and -300s, requiring removing each non-conforming thrust reverser actuation system deploy hose, and replacing it with a conforming deploy hose, effective Jan. 23, 2023.
 

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-06 for certain De Havilland Aircraft of Canada DHC-8-402s, requiring a modification to improve the integrated flight cabinet cooling capacity, effective Jan. 23, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-16 for certain ATR 42-200s, -300s and -320s, revising the existing maintenance or inspection program to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, Jan. 23, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-05 for certain Airbus Canada A220-100s and -300s, requiring repetitive cleaning and greasing of all slat tracks to prevent damage and corrosion, doing repetitive inspections of the slat tracks for any damage or corrosion, and the correct application of grease and applicable corrective actions, effective Jan. 23, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-21 for certain Airbus A350-1041s, requiring a one-time detailed inspection of the belly fairing access panels and, depending on findings, accomplishment of applicable corrective actions, effective Jan. 3, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-07 for certain Embraer ERJ 170-100 LRs, -100 STDs, -100 SEs, -100 SUs, -200 LRs, -200 SUs, -200 STDs and -200 LLs, revising the existing maintenance or inspection program to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, effective Jan. 23, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-20 for certain GEnx-1Bs and -2Bs, requiring replacement of certain high-pressure turbine stage 2 disks, forward seals and stages 6-10 compressor rotor spools, effective Jan. 26, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-11 for all Airbus A310s, revising the maintenance or inspection program to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, effective Jan. 6, 2023.
 

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-14 for certain Airbus A350-1041s, requiring updating certain computer software, effective Jan. 6, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-15 for all Boeing 737-100s, -200s, -200Cs, -300s, -400s and -500s, requiring repetitive open hole high frequency eddy current inspections or surface inspections and ultrasonic inspections for cracking of the wing rear spar lower chord at the main landing gear aft fitting at a certain WB wing buttock line and applicable on-condition actions, effective Jan. 26, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-24-09 for all Boeing 737s, requiring repetitive functional tests of the cabin altitude pressure switches and on-condition actions, including replacement, if necessary; and certain adapter requirements for the functional tests, effective Jan. 26, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-09 for certain Airbus A350-941s and -1041s, requiring one-time detailed inspection of certain heavy expanded copper foil patches on upper and lower wing covers and, depending on findings, accomplishment of applicable corrective actions, effective Jan. 6, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-12 for all Airbus A310s, revising the maintenance or inspection program to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, effective Jan. 6, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-10 for certain Embraer ERJ 190-300s and -400s, requiring rework of the retainer of the left-hand pylon access panel, inspection and replacement, as applicable, of the left-hand engine fire extinguishing system tube, and installation of a support, effective Jan. 6, 2023.
 

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-24-15 for all Boeing 747-100s, -100Bs, -100B SUDs, -200Bs, -200Cs, -200Fs, -300s, -400s, -400Ds, -400Fs, 747SRs and SPs, requiring repetitive replacement or inspection of certain fuse pins, and applicable on-condition actions, plus repetitive inspections for cracking of the fuse pin and applicable on-condition actions, effective Jan. 26, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-26-02 for certain Rolls-Royce Deutschland BR700-710s, requiring replacing certain fuel pump splined couplings, revising life limits and updating mandatory inspection intervals, effective Jan. 27, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-27-04 for all Pratt & Whitney PW1519Gs, PW1521Gs, PW1521G-3s, PW1521GAs, PW1524Gs, PW1524G-3s, PW1525Gs and PW1525G-3s, requiring removal from service of certain electronic engine control full authority digital engine control software versions and replacement with updated software, effective Jan. 31, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-25-18, correcting earlier airworthiness directive that applied to certain BAE Systems BAe 146s and Avro 146-RJs, effective Dec. 27, 2022.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-26-05 for all Rolls-Royce Deutschland TAY 620-15s and 650-15s, requiring repetitive inspections of the high-pressure turbine stage 2 intermediate air seal and attachment bolts and, depending on the results, replacement of attachment bolts and the stage 1 and stage 2 rotor disks, effective Jan. 12, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-26-06 for certain Airbus Canada A220-100s and -300s, requiring inspecting the left and right horizontal stabilizer decals for visibility and damage; and, for certain airplanes, inspecting the rudder and left and right elevator decals for visibility and damage; and doing applicable corrective actions, effective Feb. 2, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-27-07 for certain Boeing 747-400s and -8s, requiring inspecting for wear the motor impeller inlet check valves and inlet adapters of the transfer pumps for the horizontal stabilizer fuel tank; doing corrective actions, if necessary; and limiting installation of affected parts, effective Jan. 13, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-27-01 for certain Airbus A350-941s and -1041s, requiring replacing certain fasteners and applying additional head nut cap protection at the front and rear spars in the center wing box, effective Feb. 2, 2023.

FAA has issued airworthiness directive 2022-26-04 for all MHI RJ Regional Jet 100s and 440s, requiring an inspection for discrepancies of the observer's oxygen mask stowage box and stowage compartment, oxygen hose connections and routing and associated electrical harness and corrective actions if necessary; modifying the oxygen mask flexible lamp harness, mounting plate and compartment panel, including rerouting the electrical harness and applying protective sealant; inspection for correct installation of the flexible lamp assembly, trimming and re-identifying a bracket; and, for certain airplanes, an inspection for damage of the wire harness assembly and applicable corrective actions, effective Feb. 2, 2023.
 

Transport Canada has issued airworthiness directive CF-2022-69 for De Havilland Aircraft of Canada DHC-8-401s and -402s, requiring inspection, on the left and right main landing gear, of the cam assemblies and alternate release cable assemblies, and a one-time inspection of the spring box assemblies, plus other actions, effective Dec. 30, 2022.

Transport Canada has issued airworthiness directive CF-2022-70 for Airbus Canada A220-100s and -300s, requiring check of gravity cross flow shut-off valve of damaged motive flow fuel-feed tubes in fuel tank, effective Jan. 4, 2023.
 

UK Civil Aviation Authority has issued airworthiness directive G-2022-0020 for BAE Systems ATPs, amending time limits and maintenance checks and implementing airworthiness limitations, effective Jan. 5, 2023.

UK Civil Aviation Authority has issued airworthiness directive G-2022-0021 for BAE Systems Jetstream 3100s and 3200s, amending time limits and maintenance checks and implementing corrosion prevention and control program, effective Jan. 5, 2023.