AD 2025-02-13

Recurring final rule
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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD Number
2025-02-13
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2023-1488
FR Citation
90 FR 9203

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Boeing Company Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

Cracks found at the main deck cargo door forward and aft hinge attachment holes.

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Required Actions

Perform a maintenance records check for repairs at the forward and aft hinge areas of the main deck cargo door cutout; repetitive open-hole high frequency eddy current (HFEC) inspections for cracks in the unrepaired areas of the bear strap, skin, doubler, and upper sill chord at the main deck cargo door forward and aft hinge attachment holes; and obtain inspection instructions and applicable repair instructions using a method approved by the FAA.

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Compliance Time

Within 30 days after the effective date of the AD for airplanes that have been modified from a passenger to a freighter configuration using VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering (VT MAE) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) ST03562AT, ST03952AT, or ST04242AT; otherwise, within 2,800 flight cycles after the effective date of the AD.

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Affected Aircraft

The Boeing Company Model 757-200, -200CB, and -200PF series airplanes, including those modified from a passenger to a freighter configuration using VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering (VT MAE) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) ST03562AT, ST03952AT, or ST04242AT.

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Retrieved: Apr 6, 2026

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