AD 2021-14-20

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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD Number
2021-14-20
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2021-0561
FR Citation
86 FR 38214

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Boeing Company Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

latent failures of the cabin altitude pressure switches, which could result in the loss of cabin altitude warning, delay flightcrew recognition of a lack of cabin pressurization, and result in incapacitation of the flightcrew due to hypoxia, and consequent loss of control of the airplane.

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Required Actions

accomplish the actions specified in the service information, including repetitive functional tests of the cabin altitude pressure switches, on-condition actions including follow-on functional testing and replacement of failed switches, sending a report to Boeing about any pressure switches that fail the initial functional test, and reporting to Boeing the airplanes in the operator's fleet that have been tested.

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Compliance Time

Before further flight

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Affected Aircraft

all The Boeing Company Model 737 airplanes

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Retrieved: Apr 4, 2026

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