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Airworthiness Directive 2001-08-12

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Official AD 2001-08-12 · FR doc 01-9878 · 2001-04-26 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A340 Series Airplanes Equipped With CFM International CFM56-5C Engines

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Model A340 series airplanes. This action requires repetitive inspections of the pivoting door roller fittings of the upper and lower thrust reversers for cracks, and corrective action, if necessary. This action is prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority. This action is intended to detect and correct cracking of the pivoting door roller fittings of the thrust reversers, which could result in failure of the primary locking mechanism of the thrust reversers during flight, leading to reduced controllability of the airplane. This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 7000 hours. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2001-08-12 applies to

MakesAirbus
ModelsA340

Whether AD 2001-08-12 actually applies to your aircraft (by serial and installed parts) and whether it’s already complied with comes from that aircraft’s records.

How AD compliance is recorded

A valid compliance record (14 CFR 43.9) states:

Method of compliance — The specific action taken (inspected, replaced, modified) and to what revision.
Date — When the work was done.
Aircraft time — Total time in service / tach at compliance — how recurring next-due is computed.
Signature & certificate — The A&P/IA who returned it to service, with certificate number.
Is AD 2001-08-12 complied with on your aircraft?

Tailplate reads a tail number’s logbooks and matches every applicable AD — including this one — to its compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates computed.

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Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and is advisory, not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.