# Proposed AD FAA-2007-28379: Airbus Model A300 Series Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2007-18-02
- Products: Airbus
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: June 28, 2007, 72 FR 35368
- Comments due: July 30, 2007
- Became: [AD 2007-18-02](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2007-18-02)
- Docket: FAA-2007-28379 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2007-28379, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2007-NM-077-AD
- FR document: E7-12495
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/00/c2/00c23d6569ca63e72daac8ce8f91d4d173cbb130074dc303f7e902880fe2c9e5 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-06-28/pdf/E7-12495.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/06/28/E7-12495/airworthiness-directives-airbus-model-a300-series-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/F0C726A9471E259586257308005C9E11.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2007-28379

## 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:

[T]he FAA has published SFAR 88 (Special Federal Aviation Regulation 88). * * * Under this regulation, all holders of type certificates for passenger transport aircraft * * * are required to conduct a design review against explosion risks. This Airworthiness Directive (AD), which renders mandatory the modification of the fuel pump wiring against short circuit, is a consequence of this design review.

The unsafe condition is chafing of the fuel pump cables, which could result in short circuits leading to fuel pump failure, intermittent operation, arcing, and possible fuel tank explosion. The proposed AD would require actions that are intended to address the unsafe condition described in the MCAI.

## Notices in this docket

- Jun 28, 2007: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document E7-12495, comments due Jul 30, 2007 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/06/28/E7-12495/airworthiness-directives-airbus-model-a300-series-airplanes)

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