# Proposed AD FAA-2022-0397: Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2022-17-13
- Products: Piaggio Aero Industries
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: April 8, 2022, 87 FR 20790
- Comments due: May 23, 2022
- Became: [AD 2022-17-13](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2022-17-13)
- Docket: FAA-2022-0397 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2022-0397, where comments are filed)
- Project: MCAI-2021-01354-A
- FR document: 2022-07455
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/0b/58/0b58d8817b19d1f0a3ad5e819fc82690f74f03d7022fc1c0dc365184fc3ff16b (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-04-08/pdf/2022-07455.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/04/08/2022-07455/airworthiness-directives-piaggio-aero-industries-spa-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/FR-ADNPRM-2022-07455-00000000000.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2022-0397

## Summary

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A. (Piaggio) Model P-180 airplanes. 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 identifies the unsafe condition as altimetry system errors in the air data computers (ADCs) and stand-by instrument systems. This proposed AD would require amending the existing airplane flight manual (AFM), installing improved ADCs and a detachable configuration module (DCM), and revising the existing instructions for continued airworthiness. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

## Notices in this docket

- Apr 8, 2022: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2022-07455, comments due May 23, 2022 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/04/08/2022-07455/airworthiness-directives-piaggio-aero-industries-spa-airplanes)

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