AD NUMBER: 2019-01-05

PRODUCT: Certain Airbus SAS Model A330-200, -200F, and -300 series airplanes.

ACTION: Final Rule.

SUMMARY:  This AD was prompted by a revision of the airworthiness limitations section (ALS), which provides new and more restrictive maintenance requirements and airworthiness limitations for airplane structures and systems.

This AD requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program to incorporate new maintenance requirements and airworthiness limitations.

DATES: This AD is effective March 22, 2019.

COST: The FAA estimates that this AD affects 104 airplanes of U.S. registry. Operators may incur the following costs in order to comply with this AD:

Revising the existing maintenance or inspection program takes an average of 90 work-hours per operator, although this number may vary from operator to operator. In the past, the FAA has estimated that this action takes 1 work-hour per airplane.

Since operators incorporate maintenance or inspection program changes for their affected fleet(s), the FAA has determined that a per-operator estimate is more accurate than a per airplane estimate. Therefore, the estimated total cost per operator is $7,650 (90 work-hours x $85 per workhour).

FMI: AD