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AD 2025-15480

Published 2025-08-14 · 5 models · 169 US-registered tails affected · Federal Register

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes Federal Register ↗

Abstract

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus SAS Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. This AD was prompted by a heavy maintenance check that found elongation on the upper section of the vertical member's assembly at the frame (FR) 24A cargo panel sub-structure. This AD requires a check for certain repairs, and as applicable, repetitive detailed visual inspections of the vertical member's upper part and the upper fittings at FR 24A in the forward cargo compartment and corrective actions. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Applicability · by US fleet size

Federal Register text

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 155 (Thursday, August 14, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 39106-39109] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-15480]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2025-0626; Project Identifier MCAI-2024-00713-T; Amendment 39-23102; AD 2025-16-04] 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 adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus SAS Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. This AD was prompted by a heavy maintenance check that found elongation on the upper section of the vertical member's assembly at the frame (FR) 24A cargo panel sub-structure. This AD requires a check for certain repairs, and as applicable, repetitive detailed visual inspections of the vertical member's upper part and the upper fittings at FR 24A in the forward cargo compartment and corrective actions. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

DATES: This AD is effective September 18, 2025. The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in this AD as of September 18, 2025.