AD 2023-13-05
Applicability
| Type | Manufacturer | Model | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| aircraft | Boeing | Company | Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes |
Unsafe Condition
Cracks, skin buckles, wrinkles, and bulges at fuselage longitudinal lap splice areas at S-4, S-14 and S-24, which could result in cracks in fatigue-critical baseline structure and the inability of a principal structural element to sustain limit loads, which could adversely affect the structural integrity of the airplane.
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Required Actions
Inspect for any repair at certain skin lap splices and depending on the configuration, repetitive inspections for buckling, wrinkling, or bulging at affected skin lap splices and repair, repetitive inspections for cracking at affected locations common to fuselage skin on the left and right sides and repair, and alternative inspections and on-condition actions.
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Compliance Time
Before further flight
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Affected Aircraft
All The Boeing Company Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, -900, and -900ER series airplanes.
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Retrieved: Apr 6, 2026
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