Bombardier Jets Require Elevator Inspections for Safety
Published Date: 2/4/2025
Rule
Summary
If you fly a Bombardier BD-700-1A10 or BD-700-1A11, listen up! The FAA is updating safety rules that keep your plane’s elevator parts in tip-top shape by adding new maintenance checks. These changes help prevent problems and keep flights safe, so operators need to update their inspection plans soon—no big costs, just smart safety moves.
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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Operators Must Keep Doing Inspections
If you operate a Bombardier BD-700-1A10 or BD-700-1A11 airplane, the FAA requires you to keep doing repetitive visual inspections of the left- and right-hand elevator torque tube bearings for sand, dust, or corrosion, perform repetitive functional tests of the elevator control system, and replace the elevator torque tube bearings if needed.
AD Aims to Prevent Unsafe Elevator Failures
This FAA rule is intended to address an unsafe condition on Bombardier BD-700-1A10 and BD-700-1A11 airplanes by adding a new airworthiness limitation and continuing inspections and tests to help prevent elevator problems.
Maintenance Programs Must Add New Limitation
If you maintain a Bombardier BD-700-1A10 or BD-700-1A11, the FAA requires you to revise your existing maintenance or inspection program to incorporate a new airworthiness limitation to address an unsafe condition.
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