AD 2025-07-03

Recurring final rule
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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD Number
2025-07-03
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2024-0028
FR Citation
90 FR 15111

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Boeing Company Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

cracking in the station (STA) 663.75 frame fitting outboard chords and failsafe straps adjacent to the stringer S-18A straps, which could result in failure of a principal structural element (PSE) to sustain limit load.

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Required Actions

repetitive detailed and ultrasonic inspections for cracking of the left- and right-hand sides of certain frame fittings and failsafe straps, and repair if any cracking is found.

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Compliance Time

Before further flight

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Affected Aircraft

The Boeing Company Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, -900, and -900ER series airplanes.

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Retrieved: Apr 4, 2026

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