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EASA AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

AD No.: 2013-0072

Date: 20 March 2013

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 European third countries that participate in the activities of EASA under Article 66 of that 

Regulation.

This AD is issued in accordance with EU 748/2012, Part 21.A.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 aircraft to which an AD 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].

Design Approval Holder’s Name:

AIRBUS

Type/Model designation(s):

A310, A300-600 and A300-600ST aeroplanes

TCDS Number: France No. 145 and EASA.A.014

Foreign AD: Not applicable

Supersedure: This AD supersedes DGAC France AD F-2005-123 (EASA approval 2005-6070) 

dated 20 July 2005.

ATA 05 Time Limits and Maintenance Checks – Certification Maintenance 

Requirements – ALS Part 3 – Amendment

Manufacturer(s): Airbus (formerly Airbus Industrie)

Applicability: Airbus A310 and A300-600 aeroplanes, all certified models, all manufacturer 

serial numbers (MSN), and

Airbus A300F4-608ST aeroplanes, all MSN.

Reason: The airworthiness limitations for Airbus aeroplanes are currently published in 

Airworthiness Limitations Section (ALS) documents.

The airworthiness limitations applicable to the A300-600 and A300-600ST 

Certification Maintenance Requirements (CMR) were previously specified in 

the Airbus A300-600 CMR document referenced AI/ST5/829/85. DGAC 

France issued AD F-2005-123 (EASA approval 2005-6070) to require 

compliance to the requirements as specified in this document.

Since that AD was issued, the CMR tasks are now specified in Airbus A300-

600 and Airbus A310 ALS Part 3 documents, which are approved by the 

European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). These documents introduce more 

restrictive maintenance requirements and/or airworthiness limitations. Failure 

to comply with the maintenance requirements contained in these documents

could result in an unsafe condition.

For the reasons described above, this new AD retains the requirements of 

DGAC France AD F-2005-123, which is superseded, and requires the 

implementation of the new or more restrictive maintenance requirements as 

specified in Airbus A310 ALS Part 3 Revision 00 and A300-600 ALS Part 3 

Revision 00, as applicable to the aeroplane type/model.
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Effective Date: 03 April 2013

Required Action(s) 

and Compliance

Time(s):

Required as indicated, unless accomplished previously:

Re-statement of DGAC France AD F-2005-123:

(1) Within 2 months after 20 July 2005 [the effective date of DGAC France AD 

F-2005-123 (B) ], comply with all applicable maintenance requirements 

and associated airworthiness limitations included in A310 CMR document 

referenced AI/ST5/849/85 Revision 12, or A300-600 CMR document 

referenced AI/ST5/829/85 Revision 12, as applicable to the aeroplane 

type/model.

New requirements of this AD:

(2) After the effective date of this AD, within the compliance time defined in 

the Record of Revisions (ROR) pages of the Airbus A300-600 ALS Part 3 

Revision 00, or Airbus A310 ALS Part 3 Revision 00, as applicable to the 

aeroplane type/model, accomplish all applicable maintenance tasks

included by reference in the ROR of the Airbus A300-600 ALS Part 3 

Revision 00 or Airbus A310 ALS Part 3 Revision 00 as applicable to the 

aeroplane model.

(3) If, during accomplishment of any task as required by paragraph (2) of this 

AD, discrepancies are detected, within the applicable compliance time 

specified in the Airbus maintenance documentation, accomplish the 

applicable corrective actions in accordance with instructions specified (or 

incorporated by reference) in the applicable Airbus maintenance 

documentation.

If no compliance time is identified in Airbus maintenance documentation, 

before next flight, accomplish the applicable corrective action(s), or 

contact Airbus for approved instructions and within the compliance time 

specified in those instructions, accomplish those instructions accordingly. 

If any of the discrepancies detected during accomplishment of any task, 

as required by paragraph (2) of this AD, is not identified in the Airbus 

maintenance documentation, before next flight, contact Airbus for 

approved instructions and accomplish those instructions accordingly. 

(4) Compliance with the requirements of paragraph (2) of this AD can be 

demonstrated by:

(4.1) Revising as follows the approved Aircraft Maintenance Programme, 

(AMP) on the basis of which the operator or the owner ensures the 

continuing airworthiness of each operated aeroplane:

Incorporate all instructions and airworthiness limitations specified in 

Airbus A300-600 ALS Part 3 Revision 00 or Airbus A310 ALS part 3 

Revision 00, as applicable to aeroplane type/model and that are 

relevant to the aeroplane configuration,

and

(4.2) Complying with the approved AMP described in paragraph (4.1) of 

this AD.

(5) A300-600 Specific task and compliance time:

For CMR task 213000-A0001-1-C, first accomplishment must be carried 

out within the compliance time defined in Table 1 of this AD, as applicable

to the aeroplane configuration.

Table 1 – CMR Task 213000-A0001-1-C

First Accomplishment Threshold
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Aeroplane configuration, on 18 April 

2012 [the approval date of A300-600 

ALS Part 3 Revision 00]

Compliance time

Aeroplanes which have accumulated 

less than 40 000 flight hours (FH) 

since the aeroplane first flight

Before the accumulation of 

40 000 FH after the 

aeroplane first flight

Aeroplanes which have accumulated 

40 000 FH or more since the 

aeroplane first flight, and on which 

Ageing Systems Maintenance (ASM) 

task 213115-04-1 or Maintenance 

Review Board Report (MRBR) tasks 

21.31.00/06 and 21.31.00/08 have 

been accomplished

Before the accumulation of 

14 000 FH after the last 

accomplishment of ASM 

tasks 213115-04-1, or MRBR 

tasks 21.31.00/06 and 

21.31.00/08, whichever 

occurs later

Aeroplanes which have accumulated 

40 000 FH or more since the 

aeroplane first flight, and on which 

ASM task 213115-04-1 or MRBR tasks 

21.31.00/06 and 21.31.00/08 have not

been accomplished

Within 3 months after 18 

April 2012 [the approval date 

of Airbus A300-600 ALS Part 

3 Revision 00]

Ref. Publications: Airbus A300-600 ALS Part 3 Revision 00, approved by EASA on 18 April 

2012.

Airbus A310 ALS Part 3 Revision 00, approved by EASA on 30 November

2012.

A310 CMR document referenced AI/ST5/849/85 Revision 12, approved by 

EASA on 03 May 2005 (EASA approval 2005-3973).

The use of later approved revisions of these documents is acceptable for 

compliance with the requirements of this AD.

Remarks: 1. If requested and appropriately substantiated, EASA can approve 

Alternative Methods of Compliance for this AD.

2. This AD was initially posted on 15 May 2012 as PAD 12-045 for 

consultation until 12 June 2012, and republished on 28 February 2013 as 

PAD 12-045R1 for consultation until 14 March 2013. The Comment 

Response Document can be found at http://ad.easa.europa.eu.

3. Enquiries regarding 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 content of the requirements in 

this AD, please contact: AIRBUS SAS – EIAW (Airworthiness Office, 

Telephone: + 33 5 61 18 41 39, Fax: + 33 5 61 93 44 51).