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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 190 / Tuesday, October 5, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
PART 39AIRWORTHINESS
DIRECTIVES
1. The authority citation for part 39
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106g, 40113, 44701.
39.13

Amended
2. The FAA amends 39.13 by adding the following new airworthiness directive:

20211918 Airbus SAS: Amendment 39
21736; Docket No. FAA20210789;
Project Identifier MCAI202001607T.
a Effective Date This airworthiness directive AD becomes effective October 20, 2021.
b Affected ADs This AD affects AD 20181821, Amendment 3919400 83 FR 47054, September 18, 2018 AD 20181821.
c Applicability This AD applies to all Airbus SAS Model A310203, 204, 221, 222, 304, 322, 324, and 325 airplanes, certificated in any category.
d Subject Air Transport Association ATA of America Code 05, Time Limits/Maintenance Checks.
e Reason This AD was prompted by a determination that new or more restrictive maintenance requirements and airworthiness limitations are necessary. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the risks associated with the effects of aging on airplane systems. Such effects could change system characteristics, leading to an increased potential for failure of certain life-limited parts.
f Compliance Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified, unless already done.

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g Requirements Except as specified in paragraph h of this AD: Comply with all required actions and compliance times specified in, and in accordance with, European Union Aviation Safety Agency EASA AD 20200267, dated December 3, 2020 EASA AD 20200267.
h Exceptions to EASA AD 20200267
1 Where EASA AD 20200267 refers to its effective date, this AD requires using the effective date of this AD.
2 The requirements specified in paragraph 1 of EASA AD 20200267 do not apply to this AD.
3 Paragraph 2 of EASA AD 20200267
specifies revising the approved AMP
within 12 months after its effective date, but this AD requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, within 90 days after the effective date of this AD.
4 The initial compliance time for doing the tasks specified in paragraph 2 of EASA

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AD 20200267 is on or before the applicable limitations as incorporated by the requirements of paragraph 2 of EASA AD
20200267, or within 90 days after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs later.
5 The provisions specified in paragraph 3 of EASA AD 20200267 do not apply to this AD.
6 The Remarks section of EASA AD
20200267 does not apply to this AD.
i New Provisions for Alternative Actions and Intervals After the existing maintenance or inspection program has been revised as required by paragraph g of this AD, no alternative actions e.g., inspections or intervals are allowed unless they are approved as specified in the provisions of the Ref. Publications section of EASA AD
20200267.
j Terminating Action for Certain Requirement of AD 20181821
Accomplishing the actions required by this AD terminates the limitations for the retraction actuator assembly sliding rod having part number D52952, D529521, D529522, or D58006, as required by paragraph g of AD 20181821 for Model A310203, 204, 221, 222, 304, 322, 324, and 325 airplanes only.
k Additional FAA AD Provisions The following provisions also apply to this AD:
1 Alternative Methods of Compliance AMOCs: The Manager, Large Aircraft Section, International Validation Branch, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your request to your principal inspector or responsible Flight Standards Office, as appropriate. If sending information directly to the Large Aircraft Section, International Validation Branch, send it to the attention of the person identified in paragraph l of this AD.
Information may be emailed to: 9-AVS-AIR730-AMOC@faa.gov. Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager of the responsible Flight Standards Office.
2 Contacting the Manufacturer: For any requirement in this AD to obtain instructions from a manufacturer, the instructions must be accomplished using a method approved by the Manager, Large Aircraft Section, International Validation Branch, FAA; or EASA; or Airbus SASs EASA Design Organization Approval DOA. If approved by the DOA, the approval must include the DOA-authorized signature.
3 Required for Compliance RC: Except as required by paragraph k2 of this AD, if any service information contains procedures or tests that are identified as RC, those procedures and tests must be done to comply with this AD; any procedures or tests that are not identified as RC are recommended. Those procedures and tests that are not identified as RC may be deviated from using accepted methods in accordance with the operators maintenance or inspection program without
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obtaining approval of an AMOC, provided the procedures and tests identified as RC can be done and the airplane can be put back in an airworthy condition. Any substitutions or changes to procedures or tests identified as RC require approval of an AMOC.
l Related Information For more information about this AD, contact Dan Rodina, Aerospace Engineer, Large Aircraft Section, International Validation Branch, FAA, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA 98198; telephone and fax 2062313225; email dan.rodina@
faa.gov.
m Material Incorporated by Reference 1 The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference IBR of the service information listed in this paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552a and 1 CFR
part 51.
2 You must use this service information as applicable to do the actions required by this AD, unless this AD specifies otherwise.
i European Union Aviation Safety Agency EASA AD 20200267, dated December 3, 2020.
ii Reserved 3 For EASA AD 20200267, contact EASA, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 3, 50668
Cologne, Germany; telephone +49 221 8999
000; email ADs@easa.europa.eu; Internet www.easa.europa.eu. You may find this EASA AD on the EASA website at https
ad.easa.europa.eu.
4 You may view this material at the FAA, Airworthiness Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA. For information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call 2062313195. This material may be found in the AD docket at https
www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA20210789.
5 You may view this material that is incorporated by reference at the National Archives and Records Administration NARA. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, email fr.inspection@nara.gov, or go to: https
www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibrlocations.html.
Issued on September 9, 2021.
Lance T. Gant, Director, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
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