Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes; Correction

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 40964-40966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16135]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2025-1733; Project Identifier MCAI-2025-00762-T; 
Amendment 39-23110; AD 2025-16-12]
RIN 2120-AA64


Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; request for comment; correction.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting an airworthiness directive (AD) that was 
published in the Federal Register. That AD applies to all Airbus SAS 
Model A319-151N, -153N, -171N, and -173N airplanes; Model A320-251N, -
252N, -253N, -271N, -272N, and -273N airplanes; and Model A321-251N, -
252N, -253N, -271N, -272N, -251NX, -252NX, -253NX, -271NX, -272NX, -
253NY, and -271NY airplanes. As published, a reference to a European 
Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD specified in the regulatory text 
is incorrect. This document corrects that error. In all other respects, 
the original document remains the same.

DATES: This correction is effective August 29, 2025. The effective date 
of AD 2025-16-12 remains August 29, 2025. The date for submitting 
comments on AD 2025-16-12 remains September 29, 2025.
    The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by 
reference of a certain publication listed in this AD as of August 29, 
2025 (90 FR 39102, August 14, 2025).

ADDRESSES: 
    AD Docket: You may examine the AD docket at regulations.gov under 
Docket No. FAA-2025-1733; or in person at Docket Operations between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD 
docket contains this final rule; request for comment; correction, the 
mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI), any comments 
received, and other information. The address for Docket Operations is 
U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590.
    Material Incorporated by Reference:
    <bullet> For European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) material 
identified in this AD, contact EASA, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 3, 50668 
Cologne, Germany; telephone +49 221 8999 000; email [email protected]. 
You may find this material on the EASA website at ad.easa.europa.eu.
    <bullet> You may view this material at the FAA, Airworthiness 
Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 2200 South 216th St., Des 
Moines, WA. For information on the availability of this material at the 
FAA, call 206-231-3195. It is also available in the AD docket at 
regulations.gov under Docket No. FAA-2025-1733.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Carreras, Aviation Safety 
Engineer, FAA, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA 98198; phone: 206-
231-3539; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    The FAA invites you to send any written relevant data, views, or 
arguments about AD 2025-16-12. Submit comments as instructed in AD 
2025-16-12, Amendment 39-23110 (90 FR 39102, August 14, 2025) (AD 2025-
16-12).

Background

    AD 2025-16-12, requires revising the existing airplane flight 
manual (AFM) and the existing FAA-approved minimum equipment list 
(MEL), allows replacement of each affected high-pressure bleed valve 
(HPV) as an optional terminating action, and prohibits the installation 
of affected parts. That AD applies to all Airbus SAS Model A319-151N, -
153N, -171N, and -173N airplanes; Model A320-251N, -252N, -253N, -271N, 
-272N, and -273N airplanes; and Model A321-251N, -252N, -253N, -271N, -
272N, -251NX, -252NX, -253NX, -271NX, -272NX, -253NY, and -271NY 
airplanes.

Need for the Correction

    As published, a reference to an EASA AD specified in the regulatory 
text of AD 2025-16-12 is incorrect. Paragraph (h)(3) of AD 2025-16-12 
requires replacing text from EASA AD 2025-0096, dated April 28, 2025 
(EASA AD 2025-0096) with ``revise the operator's existing FAA-approved 
MEL by incorporating the applicable information identified in ``The 
MMEL update'' as defined in EASA AD 2024-0157,'' whereas it should 
state ``as defined in EASA AD 2025-0096.''

Material Incorporated by Reference Under 1 CFR Part 51

    The FAA reviewed EASA AD 2025-0096, which specifies procedures for 
amending the existing AFM by incorporating a temporary revision, 
implementing a master MEL (MMEL) update, and repetitively replacing 
each affected HPV clip. EASA AD 2025-0096 includes an optional 
terminating action of replacing each affected HPV with a non-affected 
HPV and prohibits installing an affected HPV on any airplane. This 
material is reasonably available because the interested parties have 
access to it through their normal course of business or by the means 
identified in the ADDRESSES section.

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Correction of Publication

    This document corrects an error and correctly adds the AD as an 
amendment to 14 CFR 39.13. Although no other part of the preamble or 
regulatory information has been corrected, the FAA is publishing the 
entire rule in the Federal Register.
    The effective date of this AD remains August 29, 2025.
    Since this action only corrects a typographical error, it has no 
adverse economic impact and imposes no additional burden on any person. 
Therefore, the FAA has determined that notice and public procedures are 
unnecessary.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39

    Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Incorporation by 
reference, Safety.

Adoption of the Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me by the 
Administrator, the FAA amends part 39 of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations (14 CFR part 39) as follows:

PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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1. The authority citation for part 39 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701.


Sec.  39.13  [Corrected]

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2. The FAA amends Sec.  39.13 by adding the following new airworthiness 
directive:

2025-16-12 Airbus SAS: Amendment 39-23110; Docket No. FAA-2025-1733; 
Project Identifier MCAI-2025-00762-T.

(a) Effective Date

    This airworthiness directive (AD) is effective August 29, 2025.

(b) Affected ADs

    None.

(c) Applicability

    This AD applies to all Airbus SAS airplanes identified in 
paragraphs (c)(1) through (3) of this AD, certificated in any 
category.
    (1) Model A319-151N, -153N, -171N, and -173N airplanes.
    (2) Model A320-251N, -252N, -253N, -271N, -272N, and -273N 
airplanes.
    (3) Model A321-251N, -252N, -253N, -271N, -272N, -251NX, -252NX, 
-253NX, -271NX, -272NX, -253NY, and -271NY airplanes.

(d) Subject

    Air Transport Association (ATA) of America Code 36, Pneumatic.

(e) Unsafe Condition

    This AD was prompted by occurrences of high-pressure bleed valve 
(HPV) butterfly seal retention clip rupture. The FAA is issuing this 
AD to address high pressure and temperatures in the duct downstream 
from the pressure regulating valve, which could lead to duct burst 
and result in damage to several systems or the airframe and 
consequent loss of control of the airplane.

(f) Compliance

    Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified, 
unless already done.

(g) Requirements

    Except as specified in paragraph (h) of this AD: Comply with all 
required actions and compliance times specified in, and in 
accordance with, European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD 
2025-0096, dated April 28, 2025 (EASA AD 2025-0096).

(h) Exceptions to EASA AD 2025-0096

    (1) Where EASA AD 2025-0096 refers to its effective date, this 
AD requires using the effective date of this AD.
    (2) Where paragraphs (1) and (3) of EASA AD 2025-0096 specify to 
``inform all flight crews, and, thereafter, operate the aeroplane 
accordingly,'' this AD does not require those actions as those 
actions are already required by existing FAA operating regulations 
(see 14 CFR 91.9, 91.505, 121.137, 121.628(a)(2) and 121.628(a)(5)).
    (3) Where paragraph (3) of EASA AD 2025-0096 specifies to 
``implement the instructions of the MMEL update, as applicable, 
depending on aeroplane configuration (see Note 1 of this AD), on the 
basis of which the operator's MEL must be amended'', this AD 
requires replacing that text with ``revise the operator's existing 
FAA-approved MEL by incorporating the applicable information 
identified in ``The MMEL update'' as defined in EASA AD 2025-0096''.
    (4) Where the service information required by EASA AD 2025-0096 
specifies discarding parts, this AD requires removing those parts 
from service.
    (5) This AD does not adopt the requirements specified in 
paragraph (4) of EASA AD 2025-0096.
    (6) This AD does not adopt the ``Remarks'' section of EASA AD 
2025-0096.

(i) Additional AD Provisions

    The following provisions also apply to this AD:
    (1) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs): The Manager, AIR-
520, Continued Operational Safety Branch, FAA, has the authority to 
approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found 
in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your request 
to your principal inspector or responsible Flight Standards Office, 
as appropriate. If sending information directly to the manager of 
the Continued Operational Safety Branch, send it to the attention of 
the person identified in paragraph (j) of this AD and email to: 
[email protected]. Before using any approved AMOC, notify your 
appropriate principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, 
the manager of the responsible Flight Standards Office.
    (2) Contacting the Manufacturer: For any requirement in this AD 
to obtain instructions from a manufacturer, the instructions must be 
accomplished using a method approved by the Manager, AIR-520, 
Continued Operational Safety Branch, FAA; or EASA; or Airbus SAS's 
EASA Design Organization Approval (DOA). If approved by the DOA, the 
approval must include the DOA-authorized signature.
    (3) Required for Compliance (RC): Except as required by 
paragraph (i)(2) of this AD, if any material referenced in EASA AD 
2025-0096 contains paragraphs that are labeled as RC, the 
instructions in RC paragraphs, including subparagraphs under an RC 
paragraph, must be done to comply with this AD; any paragraphs, 
including subparagraphs under those paragraphs, that are not 
identified as RC are recommended. The instructions in paragraphs, 
including subparagraphs under those paragraphs, not identified as RC 
may be deviated from using accepted methods in accordance with the 
operator's maintenance or inspection program without obtaining 
approval of an AMOC, provided the instructions identified as RC can 
be done and the airplane can be put back in an airworthy condition. 
Any substitutions or changes to instructions identified as RC 
require approval of an AMOC.

(j) Additional Information

    For more information about this AD, contact Frank Carreras, 
Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA 
98198; phone: 206-231-3539; email: [email protected].

(k) Material Incorporated by Reference

    (1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the 
incorporation by reference (IBR) of the material listed in this 
paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.
    (2) You must use this material as applicable to do the actions 
required by this AD, unless this AD specifies otherwise.
    (3) The following material was approved for IBR on August 29, 
2025 (90 FR 39102, August 14, 2025).
    (i) European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD 2025-0096, 
dated April 28, 2025.
    (ii) [Reserved]
    (4) For EASA material identified in this AD, contact EASA, 
Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 3, 50668 Cologne, Germany; telephone +49 221 
8999 000; email [email protected]. You may find this material on 
the EASA website at ad.easa.europa.eu.
    (5) You may view this material at the FAA, Airworthiness 
Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 2200 South 216th St., 
Des Moines, WA. For information on the availability of this material 
at the FAA, call 206-231-3195.
    (6) You may view this material at the National Archives and 
Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability 
of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email [email protected].


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    Issued on August 19, 2025.
Lona C. Saccomando,
Acting Deputy Director, Integrated Certificate Management Division, 
Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-16135 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
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