<searchTitle>Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes; Federal Register Vol. 89, Issue </searchTitle>
<granuleClass>RULE</granuleClass>
<accessId>2024-23538</accessId>
<agency order="1">DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION</agency>
<agency order="2">Federal Aviation Administration</agency>
<effectiveDate>2024-11-25</effectiveDate>
<departmentDoc>Docket No. FAA-2024-0233</departmentDoc>
<departmentDoc>Project Identifier MCAI-2023-01003-T</departmentDoc>
<departmentDoc>Amendment 39-22746</departmentDoc>
<departmentDoc>AD 2024-10-01</departmentDoc>
<rin number="2120-AA64"/>
<billingCode>4910-13-P</billingCode>
<frDocNumber>2024-23538</frDocNumber>
<action>Final rule.</action>
<summary>The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus SAS Model A330-800 and A330-900 series airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of a protective cap found still in place on the drain hole of a fire extinguishing pipe, and by further investigations indicating these caps may have remained on other airplanes. This AD requires a one-time general visual inspection (GVI) of the engine fire extinguishing pipe drain hole and, depending on findings, removal of the protective cap, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.</summary>
<dates>This AD is effective November 25, 2024.</dates>
<contact>Vladimir Ulyanov, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY 11590; telephone 206-231-3229; email Vladimir.Ulyanov@faa.gov.</contact>
<cfr title="14">
<part number="39"/>
<subject>Air Transportation</subject>
<subject>Aircraft</subject>
<subject>Aviation Safety</subject>
<subject>Incorporation by Reference</subject>
<subject>Safety</subject>
...</cfr>
<tocSubject1>Airworthiness Directives</tocSubject1>
<tocDoc>Airbus SAS Airplanes, </tocDoc>
<emailRef>9-AVS-AIR-730-AMOC@faa.gov</emailRef>
<emailRef>ADs@easa.europa.eu</emailRef>
<emailRef>fr.inspection@nara.gov</emailRef>
<emailRef>Vladimir.Ulyanov@faa.gov</emailRef>
<urlRef>regulations.gov</urlRef>
<urlRef>www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations</urlRef>