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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 24, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
1 Is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866, 2 Will not affect intrastate aviation in Alaska, and 3 Will not have a significant economic impact, positive or negative, on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

this AD to address a safety-significant latent failure that is not annunciated, which, in combination with one or more other specific failures or events, could result in a hazardous or catastrophic failure condition.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39
Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Incorporation by reference, Safety.

g Requirements Revise the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, by incorporating tasks and associated thresholds and intervals specified in paragraph 3 of European Union Aviation Safety Agency EASA AD 20200219, dated October 12, 2020 EASA AD 20200219, except you are required to incorporate tasks and associated thresholds and intervals within 90 days after the effective date of this AD. Record a compliance time for the initial tasks of either the applicable thresholds incorporated by the requirements of paragraph 3 of EASA AD 20200219 or 90
days after the effective date of this AD, whichever would occur later.

Adoption of the Amendment Accordingly, under the authority delegated to me by the Administrator, the FAA amends 14 CFR part 39 as follows:
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:

20211601 Airbus SAS: Amendment 39
21662; Docket No. FAA20210192;
Project Identifier MCAI202001580T.

b Affected ADs This AD affects AD 20202216, Amendment 3921312 85 FR 70439, November 5, 2020 AD 20202216.

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c Applicability This AD applies to the following Airbus SAS airplanes, certificated in any category, with an original airworthiness certificate or original export certificate of airworthiness issued on or before June 10, 2020:
1 Model A318111, 112, 121, and 122
airplanes;
2 Model A319111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 131, 132, 133, 151N, and 153N
airplanes;
3 Model A320211, 212, 214, 216, 231, 232, 233, 251N, 252N, 253N, 271N, 272N, and 273N airplanes; and 4 Model A321111, 112, 131, 211, 212, 213, 231, 232, 251N, 252N, 253N, 271N, 272N, 251NX, 252NX, 253NX, 271NX, and 272NX airplanes.
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 airworthiness limitations are necessary. The FAA is issuing
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h 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 and intervals are allowed unless they are approved as specified in the provisions of the Ref. Publications section of EASA AD
20200219.
i Terminating Action for Certain Requirements of AD 20202216
Accomplishing the actions required by this AD terminates the corresponding requirements of AD 20202216, for the tasks identified in the service information referred to in EASA AD 20200219 only.

a Effective Date This airworthiness directive AD is effective September 28, 2021.

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f Compliance Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified, unless already done.

j Other 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 k 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
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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 j2 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 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.
k Related Information For more information about this AD, contact Sanjay Ralhan, Aerospace Engineer, Large Aircraft Section, International Validation Branch, FAA, 2200 South 216th St, Des Moines, WA 98198; telephone and fax 2062313223; email sanjay.ralhan@faa.gov.
l 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 20200219, dated October 12, 2020.
ii Reserved 3 For EASA AD 20200219, 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 on the internet at https
www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA20210192.
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 fedreg.legal@
nara.gov, or go to: https www.archives.gov/
federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
Issued on July 20, 2021.
Gaetano A. Sciortino, Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
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