AD 2025-01-08

Recurring final rule
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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD Number
2025-01-08
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2024-2137
FR Citation
90 FR 9382

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Boeing Company Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

uncommanded fore and aft movement of the Captain's and First Officer's seats, which could result in the loss of the ability to control the airplane.

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Required Actions

Inspect each seat's fore and aft and vertical manual control levers for looseness, install serviceable seats, and perform a seat operational test after any cable adjustment. Perform a detailed inspection and repetitive checks of the HMS for the Captain's and First Officer's seats for findings, and applicable on-condition actions. Clear the seat tracks of foreign object debris (FOD), overhaul the HMS, and replace the horizontal actuator.

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Compliance Time

Before further flight

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Affected Aircraft

The Boeing Company Model 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747-300, 747-400, 747-400D, 747-400F, 747-8F, and 747-8 series airplanes.

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Retrieved: Apr 6, 2026

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