AD NUMBER: 2019-23-02

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

ACTION: Final rule

SUMMARY: This AD was prompted by a determination that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary.

This AD requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations.

DATES: This AD is effective December 30, 2019.

COST: The FAA estimates that this AD affects 107 airplanes of U.S. registry. Operators may incur the following costs in order to comply with this AD:

• The FAA has determined that revising the existing maintenance or inspection program takes an average of 90 workhours per operator, although the agency recognizes that this number may vary from operator to operator. In the past, the agency 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 agency has determined that a per-operator estimate is more accurate than a per-airplane estimate. Therefore, the agency estimates the total cost per operator to be $7,650 (90 work-hours x $85 per work-hour).

FMI: AD