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AD 2026-00839

Published 2026-01-16 · 4 models · 137 US-registered tails affected · Federal Register

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Abstract

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 787-9 and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of multiple supplier notices of escapement (NOEs) indicating that multiple cargo barrier fitting links were possibly manufactured with an incorrect titanium alloy material. This AD requires a high frequency eddy current (HFEC) or handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer inspection of the cargo barrier fitting link to determine the titanium alloy material 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 91, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2026)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 2066-2068] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-00839]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2025-1110; Project Identifier AD-2025-00166-T; Amendment 39-23234; AD 2026-01-06] 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 787-9 and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of multiple supplier notices of escapement (NOEs) indicating that multiple cargo barrier fitting links were possibly manufactured with an incorrect titanium alloy material. This AD requires a high frequency eddy current (HFEC) or handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer inspection of the cargo barrier fitting link to determine the titanium alloy material and applicable on- condition actions. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

DATES: This AD is effective February 20, 2026. The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of a certain publication listed in this AD as of February 20, 2026.