AD 95-17-01

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Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 707 and 720 Series Airplanes

AD Number
95-17-01
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
94-NM-14-AD
FR Citation
(Federal Register: August 14, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 156))

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft The Boeing Company 707-100 Long Body Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 707 and 720 Series Airplanes
aircraft The Boeing Company 707-100B Long Body Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 707 and 720 Series Airplanes
aircraft The Boeing Company 707-100B Short Body Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 707 and 720 Series Airplanes
aircraft The Boeing Company 707-200 Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 707 and 720 Series Airplanes
aircraft The Boeing Company 707-300 Series Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 707 and 720 Series Airplanes
aircraft The Boeing Company 707-300B Series Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 707 and 720 Series Airplanes
aircraft The Boeing Company 707-300C Series Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 707 and 720 Series Airplanes
aircraft The Boeing Company 707-400 Series Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 707 and 720 Series Airplanes
aircraft The Boeing Company 720 Series Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 707 and 720 Series Airplanes
aircraft The Boeing Company 720B Series Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 707 and 720 Series Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

Fatigue cracking and subsequent failure of the upper forward skin panels of the wing center section.

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Required Actions

Perform repetitive visual and eddy current inspections to detect cracks in the upper forward skin panels of the wing center section, repair if necessary. Optional terminating modification is available by installing reinforcing stiffeners and replacing the forward skin panel as specified in approved service bulletins.

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Compliance Time

Required as indicated, unless accomplished previously.

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Affected Aircraft

Boeing Model 707 and 720 series airplanes as listed in Boeing Service Bulletin 2590, Revision 11, dated December 12, 1991.

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