2024-01-08: Doors
FAA order 2024-01-08 is an airworthiness directive in force since March 21, 2024. The FAA's subject line: Doors. It names Airbus A300: about 120 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: airframe structure.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Airbus SAS
- Models
- A300 F4-605R, A300 F4-622R
- On this site
- Airbus A300 120 registered
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- March 21, 2024
- Published
- February 15, 2024 (signed January 9, 2024)
- Docket
- FAA-2023-2136
- Replaces
- 2019-16-11
- Status
- Current
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2019-16- 11, which applied to certain Airbus SAS Model A300 F4-605R and FR-622R airplanes. AD 2019-16-11 required repetitive high frequency eddy current (HFEC) inspections of the aft lower deck cargo door (LDCD) frame forks; a one-time check of the LDCD clearances; a one-time detailed visual inspection of hooks, eccentric bushes, and x-stops; and corrective actions if necessary. This AD was prompted by a determination that the threshold for the (repetitive) HFEC inspection needs to be corrected, and the LDCD frame forks modified. This AD continues to require the actions in AD 2019-16-11, requires correcting the HFEC inspection threshold and modifying the LDCD frame forks, and prohibits the installation of affected LDCDs under certain conditions; as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
The order itself the regulatory text, as published
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Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
Source: FAA Dynamic Regulatory System, airworthiness directives. The FAA's document is the authority; the register counts are this site's, from the FAA register of November 6, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/2024-01-08.json · aircraft systems.