AD 2023-12-08

Recurring final rule
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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD Number
2023-12-08
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2023-0157
FR Citation
88 FR 43253

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Boeing Company Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

stress corrosion cracking caused by excessive and sustained internal tensile stresses that were due to no shim being installed or shimmed gaps exceeding engineering limits at production

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Required Actions

repetitive inspections of the stringers and end stringer splice assemblies for any crack, shim, or gap, and applicable on-condition actions

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Compliance Time

Within 50 flight hours

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Affected Aircraft

The Boeing Company Model 747-8 series airplanes, stringers S-17 to S-25 from STA 2285 to STA 2300 main entry door #5 cutout aft edge frame

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