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Final ruleTook effect April 8, 2026

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register March 4, 2026. Document 2026-04277. Updated Nov. 14, 2026.

What it does

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2024-19- 13, which applied to certain Airbus SAS Model A318 and A320 series airplanes, and 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 2024-19-13 required revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. Since the FAA issued AD 2024-19-13, the FAA has determined that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. This AD continues to require certain actions in AD 2024-19-13 and requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. This AD also adds Model A319-173N and Model A321-253NY airplanes to the applicability. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

The Federal Aviation Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

14 CFR 39

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Federal Aviation Administration has published 489 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 518 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

673 earlier Federal Register documents under regulation identifier 2120-AA64 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

What happens next and when

This AD is effective April 8, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

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The record as published

Document number2026-04277
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesTransportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
PublishedMarch 4, 2026
Effective dateApril 8, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)2120-AA64
DocketFAA-2025-3437

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register