airworthiness · Rule · Final rule; request for comments. · Published 2013-10-28 · Effective 2013-11-12 · 78 FR 64156
Document
Document number
2013-23899
Federal Register citation
78 FR 64156
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; request for comments.
Category
airworthiness
Manufacturer
Airbus
Publication date
2013-10-28
Effective date
2013-11-12
FAA docket
Docket No. FAA-2013-0832
Abstract
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A340-211 -212, -213, -311, -312, -313, -541, and -642 airplanes. This AD requires revising the maintenance program to incorporate certain maintenance requirements and airworthiness limitations. This AD was prompted by a determination that existing maintenance requirements are not adequate to address the unsafe condition. We are issuing this AD to address the aging effects of aircraft systems. Such aging effects could change the characteristics of systems life-limited components leading to an increased potential for failure, which, in isolation or in combination with one or more other specific failures or events, could result in failure of certain life limited parts, which could reduce the structural integrity or the controllability of the airplane.