DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
<SUBAGY>Federal Aviation Administration</SUBAGY>
<CFR>14 CFR Part 39</CFR>
<DEPDOC>[Docket No. FAA-2026-0735; Project Identifier MCAI-2025-00162-T]</DEPDOC>
<RIN>RIN 2120-AA64</RIN>
<SUBJECT>Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes</SUBJECT>
<HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD>
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
<HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD>
Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
<SUM>
<HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD>
The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2024-24-10, which applies to certain Airbus SAS Model A318 and Model A320 series airplanes; Model A319-111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, -132, -133, -151N, -153N, and 171N airplanes; and Model A321-111, -112, -131, -211, -212, -213, -231, -232, -251N, -251NX, -252N, -252NX, -253N, -253NX, -271N, -271NX, -272N, and -272NX airplanes. AD 2024-24-10 requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. Since the FAA issued AD 2024-24-10, the FAA has determined that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. This proposed AD would continue to require certain actions in AD 2024-24-10 and would require revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. This proposed AD would also add Model A319-173N and Model A321-253NY airplanes to the applicability. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
</SUM>
<EFFDATE>
<HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD>
The FAA must receive comments on this proposed AD by March 16, 2026.
</EFFDATE>
<HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD>
You may send comments, using the procedures found in 14 CFR 11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following methods:
•
<E T="03">Federal eRulemaking Portal:</E>
Go to
<E T="03">regulations.gov.</E>
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
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