AD 2025-05-16

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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD Number
2025-05-16
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2024-2315
FR Citation
90 FR 12452

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Boeing Company Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

Cracking found in the station (STA) 540 bulkhead chord and skin, which could result in the inability of a primary structural element to sustain limit load.

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Required Actions

Reduce the compliance time for the ultrasonic inspection of the skin under the drag link assembly. Inspect the skin under the drag link assembly using ultrasonic inspection methods. Repair any cracks found during the inspection.

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Compliance Time

Within the reduced compliance time specified in the AD.

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Affected Aircraft

The Boeing Company Model 737-800 series airplanes converted to a freighter configuration using Boeing Drawing 800A0003.

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Retrieved: Apr 4, 2026

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