AD 2023-12-05

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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD Number
2023-12-05
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2023-0670
FR Citation
88 FR 40065

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Boeing Company Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

The FAA determined that radio altimeters cannot be relied upon to perform their intended function if they experience interference from wireless broadband operations in the 5G C-Band, and a determination that this interference may affect other 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, which, in combination with multiple flight deck effects, could lead to 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, due to the presence of 5G C-Band interference.

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Compliance Time

Before June 30, 2023

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Affected Aircraft

The Boeing Company Model 747-8F and 747-8 series airplanes and Model 777 airplanes equipped with a radio altimeter.

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Retrieved: Apr 4, 2026

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