# Proposed AD FAA-2022-0981: Airbus Canada Limited Partnership (Type Certificate Previously Held by C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP); Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2022-26-06
- Products: Airbus Canada Limited Partnership
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: July 29, 2022, 87 FR 45709
- Comments due: September 12, 2022
- Became: [AD 2022-26-06](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2022-26-06)
- Docket: FAA-2022-0981 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2022-0981, where comments are filed)
- Project: MCAI-2022-00032-T
- FR document: 2022-16099
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/4b/9a/4b9a26e55699ddcd2c77b27e07b2ca3e6d97de42f5e8ab4e29fb3b758809f9a8 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-07-29/pdf/2022-16099.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/29/2022-16099/airworthiness-directives-airbus-canada-limited-partnership-type-certificate-previously-held-by-c
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/FR-ADNPRM-2022-16099-00000000000.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2022-0981

## Summary

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Canada Limited Partnership Model BD-500-1A10 and BD- 500-1A11 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of flight control (horizontal stabilizer, rudder, and elevator) decals degrading and peeling (damage), reports of operators painting over these decals, and reports that procedures to replace these decals were inaccurate, potentially causing incorrect positioning of replacement decals. This proposed AD would require inspecting the left and right horizontal stabilizer decals for visibility and damage; and for certain airplanes, inspecting the rudder and left and right elevator decals for visibility and damage; and doing applicable corrective actions, as specified in a Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) 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

- Jul 29, 2022: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2022-16099, comments due Sep 12, 2022 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/29/2022-16099/airworthiness-directives-airbus-canada-limited-partnership-type-certificate-previously-held-by-c)

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