Airbus Industrie A330 Series Aeroplanes
Airbus Industrie A330 Series Aeroplanes
Airbus Industrie A330 Series Aeroplanes
| AD/A330/72 | Fuselage Skin Inspection/Repair | 2/2007 |
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| Applicability: | Model A330-201, -202, -203, -223, -243, -301, -321, -322, -323, -341, -342, and -343 aircraft, all serial numbers, except aircraft with Airbus modification 49144 incorporated in production. |
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| Requirement: | Action in accordance with the requirements of EASA AD 2006-0332.Note: Airbus Service Bulletins A330-53-3161 and A330-53-3162 original issues, or later EASA approved revisions, refer. |
| Compliance: | As specified in the Requirement document, with a revised effective date of15 February 2007. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 15 February 2007. | |
| Background: | A review of the repair substantiations of the SRM has been done to take into account the latest aircraft operational data (Aircraft Weight Variant and Fatigue Flight Mission Profiles). As a result, all permanent fuselage skin and lap joint doubler repair principles published in the SRM chapter 53-00-11, Page Block 201 have been replaced with Oct/05 Revision by updated, simplified, and harmonised repair principles. These updates led to the de-validation of some repairs and to changes in repair inspection requirements.This Directive requires inspection of the fuselage to identify possible permanent skin repairs and permanent longitudinal lap joint repairs and application of associated corrective actions. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
3 January 2007