# Proposed AD FAA-2020-1178: Airbus SAS Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2021-10-12
- Products: Airbus
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: February 22, 2021, 86 FR 10493
- Comments due: April 8, 2021
- Became: [AD 2021-10-12](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2021-10-12)
- Docket: FAA-2020-1178 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2020-1178, where comments are filed)
- Project: MCAI-2020-01325-T
- FR document: 2021-01609
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/10/77/1077eb24b2a4c9a15a0ed0b0b3869988ecd6b5fcea62d1c8095fd75cbf632c97 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-02-22/pdf/2021-01609.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/22/2021-01609/airworthiness-directives-airbus-sas-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/0369C7B8B7BD09D986258685005583F7.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2020-1178

## Summary

The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2020-09-14, which applies to certain Airbus SAS Model A350-941 and - 1041 airplanes. AD 2020-09-14 requires revising the existing airplane flight manual (AFM) to define a liquid-prohibited zone on the flight deck and provide procedures following liquid spillage on the center pedestal. AD 2020-09-14 also requires installing a removable integrated control panel (ICP) cover on the flight deck and further revising the AFM to include instructions for ICP cover use. Since the FAA issued AD 2020-09-14, a new, water-resistant ICP has been developed. This proposed AD would require installing a new, water-resistant ICP, which would allow removing the ICP protective cover and the AFM revisions, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which will be incorporated by reference. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

## Notices in this docket

- Feb 22, 2021: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2021-01609, comments due Apr 8, 2021 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/22/2021-01609/airworthiness-directives-airbus-sas-airplanes)

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