FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ISSUES RULE: AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES; AIRBUS CANADA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (TYPE CERTIFICATE PREVIOUSLY HELD BY C SERIES AIRCRAFT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (CSALP); BOMBARDIER, INC.) AIRPLANES

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Federal Aviation Administration has issued a rule called: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Canada Limited Partnership (Type Certificate Previously Held by C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP); Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on March 5 by Suzanne Masterson, Deputy Director, Integrated Certificate Management Division, Aircraft Certification Service.

Summary: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Canada Limited Partnership Model BD-500-1A10 and BD-500-1A11 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report that the nose radome lightning diverter strips on certain aircraft were painted in production; paint on the diverter strips can compr...