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AD/A330/60 Amdt 1 - Wing Shroud Box Bottom Panel
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| AD/A330/60 Amdt 1 | Wing Shroud Box Bottom Panel | 3/2008 |
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| Applicability: | All Model A330-200 and -300 aircraft, all serial numbers, with AIRBUS modification 46077 incorporated in production; except aircraft with AIRBUS modification 55568 incorporated in production or AIRBUS Service Bulletin A330-57-3100 incorporated in service. |
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| Requirement: | Action in accordance with the requirements of EASA AD 2008-0002.Note: AIRBUS Service Bulletin A330-57-3100 original issue, or later EASA approved revision, refers. |
| As specified in the Requirement document. | |
| This Amendment becomes effective on 13 March 2008. | |
| Background: | EASA received a report of an A330 aircraft wing shroud box bottom panel missing during routine inspection. Another report was received of the detachment of the same panel from an A330 aircraft during take-off, causing damage to the surrounding structure and to the horizontal stabiliser tip fairing. Preliminary investigation revealed that the blind rivets attaching the panel had worked loose, resulting in fatigue damage and crack propagation through the fastener line, with consequent detachment of the panel.Since the original issue of this Directive, three additional events of panel loss have been reported on aircraft already inspected in accordance with the requirements of the original AD.Amendment 1 is issued in response to a new EASA AD, which mandates the installation of a bolted shroud box bottom panel instead of blind riveted metallic design. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
30 January 2008