E ASA AD No : 2012

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E ASA Form 110 Page 1 / 2 

## EASA AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

AD No.: 20 1 2 - 0016

Date: 2 6 January 2012

Note: This Airworthiness Directive (AD) is issued by EASA, acting in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 on behalf of the European Community, its Member States and of the E uropean third countries that participate in the activities of EASA under Article 66 of that Regulation. This AD is issued in accordance with EC 1702/2003, Part 21A.3B. In accordance with EC 2042/2003 Annex I, Part M.A.301, the continuing airworthiness of an aircraft shall be ensured by accomplishing any applicable ADs. Consequently, no person may operate an ai rcraft to which an A D applies, except in accordance with the requirements of that AD unless otherwise specified by the Agency [EC 2042/2003 Annex I, Part M.A.303] or agreed with the Authority of the State of Registry [EC 216 / 2008 , Article 14 ( 4 ) exemption]. 

### Type Approval Holder’s Name : AIRBUS Type/Model designation(s) : A310 a eroplanes

TCDS Number : France N° 145 Foreign AD : Not applicable
Su persedure : None



### ATA 57 Wings

– Fuel Access Panels

– Replacement / Modification

Manufacturer(s): Airbus (formerly Airbus Industrie) Applicability: Airbus model A310

- 304, A310

- 322 , A310

- 324 , A310

- 2 03, A310

- 204 and A310

- 222 aeroplane s , manufacture r s erial numbers (MSN) 0378 , 0392 , 0399 , 0404, 0406 , 0407 , 0409, 0410 , 0412, 0413 , 0416 , 0418 , 0419 , 0421 , 0422 , 042 4 , 0425 , 0427, 0428 , 0429 , 0431 , 0432, 0434 to 0437 inclusive , 0439 , 0440, 0441 , 044 3 to 0449 inclusive, 0451 to 0454 inclusive , 0456 , 0457, 04 58 , 0467 , 0472 , 0473 , 0475 , 0476 , 0478 , 0480 to 0485 inclusive, and 048 7 to 0499 inclu sive

. Reason: Following a design review of the fuel tank access covers and further analyses aiming at comparing compliance of the access covers to diffe rent ty re burst m odels, panels ‘T ype 21 ’ revealed to be a matter of concern when located within the ty re debris zone. I t has been demonstrated that ’T ype 21 ’ Super Plastic Formed (SPF) panels for fuel access, installed on left hand (LH) and right hand (RH) wings at manhole positions No. 1 and No. 2 of A310 aeroplanes pre - MSN500 could not sustain in an acce ptable manner the impact of ty re debris. This condition, if not corrected, could result , following tyre debris impact, in fuel leak ing and consequent ly fire on that area o f the aeroplane

. For the reasons described above, this AD requires the replacement of SPF ‘Type 21’ access panels with ‘Type 11A’ or ‘Type 21R’ access panels and concurrent modification of the manhole surrounds at positions No.1 and No.2 to prevent re

- inst allation of 'Type 21' panels at those positions.
Effective Date: 0 9 February 2012E ASA AD No : 2012

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E ASA Form 110 Page 2 / 2 Required Action(s) and Compliance Time(s): Required as indicated, unless accomplished previously: (1) Within 60 months after the effective date of this AD, m odify the wing manhole surrounds and replace the SPF ‘Type 21’ fuel access panels at positions 1 and 2 on LH and RH wings with ‘Type 11A’ or ‘Type 21R’ fuel access panels, in accordance with the accomplishment Instructions of Airbus Service Bulletin (SB) A310

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. (2) After modification of an aeroplane as required by paragraph (1) of this AD, do not install SPF ‘Type 21’ fuel access panels o n LH or RH wings at p ositions 1 or 2 on that aeroplane.
Ref. Publications: Airbus SB A310

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- 2097 Revision 01 dated 29 September 2011

. Airbus SB A310

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Remarks : 1. If requested and appropriately substantiated, EASA can approve Alternative Methods of Compliance for this AD. 2. This AD was posted on 26 October 2011 as PAD 11

- 087 for consultation until 23 November 2011. The Comment Response Document can be found at http://ad.easa.europa.eu/

. 3. Enquiries regard ing this AD should be referred to the Safety Information Section, Executive Directorate, EASA. E

- mail ADs@easa.europa.eu

. 4. For any question concerning the technical conte nt of the requirements in this AD, please contact: AIRBUS SAS

– E I AW (Airworthiness Office ) , Telephone: + 33 5 61 18 41 39 , Fax: + 33 5 61 93 44 51

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