AD 2022-03-05

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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD Number
2022-03-05
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2022-0012
FR Citation
87 FR 4150

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Boeing Company Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

5G C-Band interference may affect multiple airplane systems using radio altimeter data, including the pitch control laws, including those that provide tail strike protection, regardless of the approach type or weather. This interference could result in uncommanded, inappropriate pitch inputs, which are especially hazardous at low altitudes, and loss of continued safe flight and landing.

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Required Actions

Revising the limitations section of the existing airplane flight manual (AFM) to incorporate limitations prohibiting dispatching or releasing to airports, and approaches or landings on runways, when in the presence of 5G C-Band interference as identified by NOTAMs.

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Compliance Time

Before further flight

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Affected Aircraft

The Boeing Company Model 747-8F and 747-8 series airplanes and Model 777 airplanes.

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Retrieved: Apr 4, 2026

Rights: U.S. Government Public Domain

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