AD 2020-26-04

Recurring final rule
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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD Number
2020-26-04
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2020-0689
FR Citation
85 FR 82896

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Boeing Company Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

fatigue cracking of the skin panels, which could result in sudden fracture and failure of the skin panels of the fuselage, and consequent rapid decompression of the airplane.

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Required Actions

repetitive inspections for cracking of the fuselage skin along certain chem-milled lines and applicable on-condition actions, and to expand the NDI area

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Compliance Time

Within 50 flight hours

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Affected Aircraft

The Boeing Company Model 737-200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes

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Retrieved: Apr 6, 2026

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