# Proposed AD FAA-2021-0663: Airbus SAS Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2022-07-08
- Products: Airbus
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: August 13, 2021, 86 FR 44663
- Comments due: September 27, 2021
- Became: [AD 2022-07-08](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2022-07-08)
- Docket: FAA-2021-0663 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2021-0663, where comments are filed)
- Project: MCAI-2020-01618-T
- FR document: 2021-17091
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/e7/c7/e7c7fbe739de35fb70807b36831e4e46cbbe68b61d6a48a2f3e338f372565501 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-08-13/pdf/2021-17091.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/13/2021-17091/airworthiness-directives-airbus-sas-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/AB11E8DFF35D7327862587300059DF3F.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2021-0663

## Summary

The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2016-17-12, which applies to all Airbus SAS Model A318 series airplanes; Model A319-111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, -132, and -133 airplanes; Model A320-211, -212, -214, -231, -232, and -233 airplanes; and Model A321-111, -112, -131, -211, -212, -213, -231, and -232 airplanes. AD 2016-17-12 requires inspecting certain trimmable horizontal stabilizer actuators (THSAs) to determine the number of total flight cycles the THSA has accumulated, and replacing the THSA if necessary. Since the FAA issued AD 2016-17-12, the FAA has determined that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. This proposed AD would require revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is proposed for incorporation by reference. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

## Notices in this docket

- Aug 13, 2021: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2021-17091, comments due Sep 27, 2021 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/13/2021-17091/airworthiness-directives-airbus-sas-airplanes)

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