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AD 2026-04277

Published 2026-03-04 · 8 models · 93 US-registered tails affected · Federal Register

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes Federal Register ↗

Abstract

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2024-19- 13, which applied to certain Airbus SAS Model A318 and A320 series airplanes, and Model A319-111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, -132, - 133, -151N, -153N, and -171N airplanes, and Model A321-111, -112, -131, -211, -212, -213, -231, -232, -251N, -251NX, -252N, -252NX, -253N, - 253NX, -271N, -271NX, -272N, and -272NX airplanes. AD 2024-19-13 required revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. Since the FAA issued AD 2024-19-13, the FAA has determined that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. This AD continues to require certain actions in AD 2024-19-13 and requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. This AD also adds Model A319-173N and Model A321-253NY airplanes to the applicability. 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 91, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 2026)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 10503-10506] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-04277]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2025-3437; Project Identifier MCAI-2025-00161-T; Amendment 39-23259; AD 2026-03-10] 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) 2024-19- 13, which applied to certain Airbus SAS Model A318 and A320 series airplanes, and Model A319-111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, -132, - 133, -151N, -153N, and -171N airplanes, and Model A321-111, -112, -131, -211, -212, -213, -231, -232, -251N, -251NX, -252N, -252NX, -253N, - 253NX, -271N, -271NX, -272N, and -272NX airplanes. AD 2024-19-13 required revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. Since the FAA issued AD 2024-19-13, the FAA has determined that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. This AD continues to require certain actions in AD 2024-19-13 and requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. This AD also adds Model A319-173N and Model A321-253NY airplanes to the applicability. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

DATES: This AD is effective April 8, 2026. The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of a certain publication listed in this AD as of April 8, 2026. The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of a certain publication listed in this AD as of November 26, 2024 (89 FR 84274, October 22, 2024).