Airworthiness Directive

An airworthiness directive (commonly abbreviated as AD) is a notification to owners and operators of certified aircraft that a
[1][2]
known safety deficiency with a particular model of aircraft, engine, avionics or other system exists and must be corrected.

If a certified aircraft has outstanding airworthiness directives that have not been complied with, the aircraft is not considered
airworthy.[1][2] Thus, it is mandatory for an aircraft operator to comply with an AD.

Contents
Purpose
Issuance
National procedures
United States
See also
References
External links

Purpose
ADs usually result from service difficulty reporting by operators or from the results of aircraft accident investigations. They are
issued either by the national civil aviation authority of the country of aircraft manufacture or of aircraft registration. When ADs are
issued by the country of registration they are almost always coordinated with the civil aviation authority of the country of
manufacture to ensure that conflicting ADs are not issued.

In detail, the purpose of an AD is to notify aircraft owners:

that the aircraft may have an unsafe condition, or [3]

that the aircraft may not be in conformity with itsbasis of certification or of other conditions that affect the aircraft's
airworthiness, or[3]
that there are mandatory actions that must be carried out to ensure continued safe operation, [3]
or
[3]
that, in some urgent cases, the aircraft must not be flown until a corrective action plan is designed and carried out.
ADs are mandatory in most jurisdictions and often contain dates or aircraft flying hours by which compliance must be completed.

ADs may be divided into two categories:[4]

1. Those of an emergency nature requiring immediate compliance prior to further flight, and
2. Those of a less urgent nature requiring compliance within a specified period of time.

Issuance
ADs are issued by most civil aviation regulatory authorities, including:

Civil Aviation Safety Authority(Australia)

European Aviation Safety Agency
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)
Federal Aviation Administration (USA)
 New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority
Transport Canada[1]

National procedures

United States
The FAA issues ADs by three different processes:[5]

Standard AD process: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), followed by a Final Rule

Final Rule and Request for Comments
Emergency airworthiness directives- issued without time for comment. This is only used issued "when an unsafe
condition exists that requires immediate action by an owner/operator
...to rapidly correct an urgent safety of flight
situation."[5]

See also
Advisory circular
Aircraft maintenance

References
1. Transport Canada (October 2008). "Aeronautical Information Manual, LRA - 2.0 Aircraft Airworthiness, Airworthiness
Directives" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110417023605/http://www .tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/publications/tp14371-l
ra-2-0-2566.htm#2-7). Archived from the original (http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/publications/tp14371-lra-2-0-2
566.htm#2-7) on 2011-04-17. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
2. Transport Canada (January 2008). "Canadian Aviation Regulation 605.84 Aircraft Maintenance - General"(http://ww
w.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/Regserv/Affairs/cars/PART6/605.htm#605_84). Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20081
207121257/http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/Regserv/Affairs/cars/Part6/605.htm)from the original on 7 December
2008. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
3. Transport Canada (January 2008). "Canadian Aviation Regulation Standard 593.02 Airwothiness Directives"(https://
web.archive.org/web/20130518090436/http://www .tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/regserv/cars/part5-standards-593s-1829.
htm). Archived from the original (http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/regserv/cars/part5-standards-593s-1829.htm)
on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
4. Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. US Department of Transportations, FederalAviation Administration.
2016. pp. 9–12.
5. Federal Aviation Administration (October 2009). "Types of Airworthiness Directives"(http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_c
ert/continued_operation/ad/type_pub/). Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20091016183528/http://www .faa.gov/a
ircraft/air_cert/continued_operation/ad/type_pub/)from the original on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-04.

External links
FAA Airworthiness Directives
EASA Airworthiness Directives
CASA Airworthiness Directives
Transport Canada Continuing Airworthiness W
eb Information System (CAWIS)
CAA Airworthiness Directives

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