AD 2016-04-07

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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD Number
2016-04-07
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2015-2456
FR Citation
81 FR 8642

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Boeing Company Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

Reports of cracking at a central part of the structure, including the station 786 ring chord at the tension bolt hole common to the wing front spar lower chord and the internal bathtub fittings.

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Required Actions

Repetitive inspections of the skin hidden by the upper and lower splice fittings on both sides of the fuselage, and corrective action if necessary.

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Compliance Time

Within 50 flight hours after the effective date of this AD.

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Affected Aircraft

All The Boeing Company Model 767-200, -300, -300F, and -400ER series airplanes, certificated in any category.

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