AD 2025-09222
Published 2025-05-22 · 27 models · 1,439 US-registered tails affected · Federal Register
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes Federal Register ↗
Abstract
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2015-02- 14, which applied to all Airbus SAS Model A318 series airplanes; A319- 111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, -132, and -133 airplanes; A320-211, -212, -214, -231, -232, and -233 airplanes; and A321-111, -112, -131, - 211, -212, -213, -231, and -232 airplanes. AD 2015-02-14 required repetitive inspections for cracking, damage, correct installation, and correct adjustment of the main landing gear (MLG) door hinge and actuator fittings on the keel beam, corrective actions if necessary, and revision of the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable. Since the FAA issued AD 2015-02-14, a new design of the MLG door keel beam hinge and actuator fitting was developed. This AD continues to require the actions specified in AD 2015-02-14, adds an optional terminating action, and revises the applicability, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Applicability · by US fleet size
- AIRBUS A321-231 TCDS A28NM 250 tails
- AIRBUS A320-232 TCDS A28NM 190 tails
- AIRBUS A320-214 TCDS A28NM 162 tails
- AIRBUS A321-271NX TCDS A28NM 122 tails
- AIRBUS A320-251N TCDS A28NM 107 tails
- AIRBUS A321-211 TCDS A28NM 101 tails
- AIRBUS A320-271N TCDS A28NM 96 tails
- AIRBUS A321-253NX TCDS A28NM 70 tails
- AIRBUS SAS A321-213 TCDS A28NM 65 tails
- AIRBUS A319-115 TCDS A28NM 42 tails
- AIRBUS A319-132 TCDS A28NM 37 tails
- AIRBUS A319-114 TCDS A28NM 31 tails
- AIRBUS A319-112 TCDS A28NM 28 tails
- AIRBUS A321-271N TCDS A28NM 24 tails
- AIRBUS A319-111 TCDS A28NM 24 tails
- AIRBUS SAS A320-271N TCDS A28NM 23 tails
- AIRBUS A320-233 TCDS A28NM 21 tails
- AIRBUS SAS A320-251N TCDS A28NM 11 tails
- AIRBUS A321-253N TCDS A28NM 10 tails
- AIRBUS SAS A321-211 TCDS A28NM 6 tails
- AIRBUS A319-131 TCDS A28NM 5 tails
- AIRBUS A321-232 TCDS A28NM 4 tails
- AIRBUS A320-211 TCDS A28NM 3 tails
- AIRBUS A319-133 TCDS A28NM 2 tails
- AIRBUS A320-231 TCDS A28NM 2 tails
- AIRBUS A320-212 TCDS A28NM 2 tails
- AIRBUS SAS A321-212 TCDS A28NM 1 tails
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 98 (Thursday, May 22, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 21841-21845] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-09222]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. FAA-2024-2661; Project Identifier MCAI-2024-00269-T; Amendment 39-23041; AD 2025-10-07] RIN 2120-AA64
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2015-02- 14, which applied to all Airbus SAS Model A318 series airplanes; A319- 111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, -132, and -133 airplanes; A320-211, -212, -214, -231, -232, and -233 airplanes; and A321-111, -112, -131, - 211, -212,
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-213, -231, and -232 airplanes. AD 2015-02-14 required repetitive inspections for cracking, damage, correct installation, and correct adjustment of the main landing gear (MLG) door hinge and actuator fittings on the keel beam, corrective actions if necessary, and revision of the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable. Since the FAA issued AD 2015-02-14, a new design of the MLG door keel beam hinge and actuator fitting was developed. This AD continues to require the actions specified in AD 2015-02-14, adds an optional terminating action, and revises the applicability, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
DATES: This AD is effective June 26, 2025. The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of a certain publication listed in this AD as of June 26, 2025.