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AD 2024-23117

Published 2024-10-08 · 3 models · 52 US-registered tails affected · Federal Register

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes Federal Register ↗

Abstract

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 777-200, -200LR, -300, -300ER, and 777F series airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report indicating multiple findings of cracks in the fuselage skin common to the underwing longeron (UWL). This AD requires external or internal (depending on configuration) inspections for any cracking of the left and right side fuselage skin common to the UWL, and applicable on- condition actions. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Applicability · by US fleet size

Federal Register text

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2024)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 81314-81320] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2024-23117]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2024-0769; Project Identifier AD-2023-00556-T; Amendment 39-22815; AD 2024-16-09] RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 777-200, -200LR, -300, -300ER, and 777F series airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report indicating multiple findings of cracks in the fuselage skin common to the underwing longeron (UWL). This AD requires external or internal (depending on configuration) inspections for any cracking of the left and right side fuselage skin common to the UWL, and applicable on- condition actions. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

DATES: This AD is effective November 12, 2024. The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in this AD as of November 12, 2024.