# Proposed AD FAA-2007-0396: Airbus Model A330-200, A330-300, A340- 200, and A340-300 Series Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2008-06-26
- Products: Airbus
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: January 10, 2008, 73 FR 1842
- Comments due: February 11, 2008
- Became: [AD 2008-06-26](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2008-06-26)
- Docket: FAA-2007-0396 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2007-0396, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2007-NM-282-AD
- FR document: E8-250
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/05/66/0566497e3b1699485c5827137087dddd560b00624816c53a45979a1c5fe63279 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-01-10/pdf/E8-250.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/01/10/E8-250/airworthiness-directives-airbus-model-a330-200-a330-300-a340-200-and-a340-300-series-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/4BCD1F8AC1BC98D7862573CC0057B4E3.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2007-0396

## Summary

We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as:

One A320 operator has reported a disbond on the composite rudder control rod. Investigations conducted by the supplier revealed that this disbond is due to an incorrect low volume of resin in the fibre composite. The supplier and AIRBUS have confirmed that some rudder control rods installed on A330 and A340-200/-300 aircraft before delivery or delivered as spare are also affected by this defect. Rudder control rod rupture can lead, in the worst case, in combination with a yaw damper runaway to an unsafe condition.

* * * * * The unsafe condition is reduced control of the airplane. The proposed AD would require actions that are intendedto address the unsafe condition described in the MCAI.

## Notices in this docket

- Jan 10, 2008: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document E8-250, comments due Feb 11, 2008 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/01/10/E8-250/airworthiness-directives-airbus-model-a330-200-a330-300-a340-200-and-a340-300-series-airplanes)

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