Bombardier Pilots: FAA Tightens Airplane Inspection Requirements Now
Published Date: 9/26/2025
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Summary
If you own or work with certain Bombardier airplanes, like the CL-600 series, listen up! The FAA says it’s time to update your maintenance plans with new safety rules to keep flying safe. These changes need to happen soon to avoid any risks, but they help protect everyone in the sky without breaking the bank.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Owners Must Update Maintenance Programs
If you own or operate Bombardier Model CL-600-1A11 (600), CL-600-2A12 (601), or certain CL-600-2B16 (601-3A, 601-3R, and 604 variants) airplanes, you must revise your maintenance or inspection program to add new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. The FAA issued this airworthiness directive to require that change so operators address the identified unsafe condition.
FAA AD Addresses Unsafe Condition
The FAA issued this airworthiness directive to address an unsafe condition on the named Bombardier airplanes and require new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. That action is intended to improve the safety of those airplanes for passengers and crew who fly on them.
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