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 May 29, 2026. Document 2026-10799. Updated Nov. 10, 2026.

What it does

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus SAS Model A318-111, -112, and -122 airplanes; Model A319-111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, -132, and -133 airplanes; Model A320-211, -212, -214, -216, -232, -233, -251N, -252N, -253N, -271N, - 272N, and -273N airplanes; and Model A321-211, -212, -213, -231, -232, -251N, -252N, -253N, -271N, -272N, -251NX, -252NX, -253NX, -271NX, and -272NX airplanes. This AD was prompted by the detection of a deviation from the manufacturing process during a review of the cold working process in the assembly line. This AD requires repetitive special detailed inspections (SDIs) and rototest or high frequency eddy current (HFEC) and rototest inspections of the affected fasteners and fastener holes, and applicable on-condition actions. 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 482 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

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

May 29, 2026 Final rule. Airworthiness Directives; Goodrich Cabin Attendant Seats
May 29, 2026 Final rule. Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
May 29, 2026 Final rule. Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
May 29, 2026 Final rule. Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
May 29, 2026 Final rule; request for comments. Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
May 29, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); withdrawal. Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Engines
May 28, 2026 Final rule. Airworthiness Directives; Honda Aircraft Company LLC Airplanes
May 28, 2026 Final rule; request for comments. Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG

Since then:

What happens next and when

This AD is effective July 6, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

The record as published

Document number	2026-10799
Action	Final rule.
Agencies	Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
Published	May 29, 2026
Effective date	July 6, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)	2120-AA64
Docket	FAA-2025-2544

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