AD 2020-11-12

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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD Number
2020-11-12
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
engine
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2020-0091
FR Citation
85 FR 38055

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Boeing Company Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

certain exterior fairing panels on the top of the engine nacelle and strut (the thumbnail fairing and mid strut fairing panels) may not have the quality of electrical bonding necessary to ensure adequate shielding of the underlying wiring from the electromagnetic effects of high intensity radiated fields (HIRF), which could potentially lead to a dual-engine power loss event and/or display of hazardously misleading primary propulsion parameters.

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Required Actions

a detailed inspection of the thumbnail fairing panels and mid strut fairing panels for excessive rework of the metallic (aluminum foil) inner surface layer, replacement of any excessively reworked panels, and modification of the thumbnail fairing assembly to ensure adequate bonding.

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Compliance Time

Within 50 flight hours

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Affected Aircraft

The Boeing Company Model 737-8 and 737-9 airplanes, line numbers 5602 through 7901, as identified in Boeing Special Attention Service Bulletin 737-54-1056, dated December 11, 2019.

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