COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

Airbus Industrie A330 Series Aeroplanes

AD/A330/5 Elevator Servo Control - Operational Life Limit 13/2002

Applicability: All Model A330 aircraft.

Requirement: Action in accordance with the requirements of DGAC AD 2001-545(B) R1.

Note: Airbus Industrie Service Bulletin A330-27-3026 refers.

Compliance: As specified in the Requirement document.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 26 December 2002.

Background: The operational life limits of the aircraft servo-controls as specified in the aircraft maintenance manual are not addressed by the definition of the structural life limits of Safe Life Items as defined in the MPD Section 9, which replaces Aircraft Maintenance Manual Chapter 05-11-00. As a result, these life limits are removed from the above documents and integrated into this Directive. This Directive requires the removal and replacement of the elevator servo-controls when the operational life limit is reached.

David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 6 November 2002

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 4 December 2002.

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