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TCDS A16WE

The Boeing Company

Historical Aircraft Large Airplane Rev 60 12/13/2017 drs.faa.gov ↗

Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (12)

Advisory bulletins on these airframes. Not mandatory like ADs — but operators tracking AD compliance often miss the SAIB on the same component.

  • NM-17-17 Oxygen System
  • NM-17-10 Maintenance Practices
  • NM-12-11 Equipment/Furnishings: Buffet/Galleys
  • NM-08-24 Water/Waste: Freezing Potable Water Lines
  • NM-07-47 Boeing Model 737 Series Forward Airstairs
  • NM-07-36 Grounding plate and bonding jumper to improve electrical bonds between pitot probes and airplane structure
  • NM-07-12 Wire bundle W138 and add protection sleeves to the wire bundles for the equipment cooling blowers
  • 2026-01 PITOT/STATIC ANTI-ICE SYSTEM
  • NM-17-06 Fuselage: Chem-Mill Skin Panels
  • 2025-08 INDICATING/RECORDING SYSTEM, Erroneous Illumination of Cabin Altitude Warning Lights in High Altitude Landing Mode
  • AIR-21-12 Thrust Reversers
  • NM-18-18 Equipment/Furnishings - First Observer's Seat Cup Holder

Special Conditions + ELOS findings

Certification-time deviations: SCs add requirements where the design is novel; ELOS allows alternative compliance. Most modern types have both.

  • SC 25-774-SC Special Conditions: Archeion Holdings, LLC, Boeing Model No. 737- 300, -400, \n-700, -800, -8, and -9 Series Airplanes; Electronic-System Security Protection \nFrom Unauthorized Internal Access
  • SC 25-775-SC Special Conditions: Archeion Holdings, LLC, Boeing Model No. 737- 300, -400, \n-700, -800, -8, and -9 Series Airplanes; Electronic-System Security Protection \nFrom Unauthorized External Access
  • SC 25-787-SC Special Conditions: Haeco Cabin Solutions, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Model 737-800 Airplane; Structure-Mounted Airbags
  • SC 25-861-SC Special Conditions: The Boeing Model 737-8 Airplane; Dynamic Test Requirements for Single-Occupant Oblique Seats With 3-Point Seat Belt With Pretensioner
  • SC 25-859-SC Special Conditions: Jet Aviation AG, The Boeing Company Model 737-8 Series Airplane; Dynamic Test Requirements for Single Occupant Oblique Seats With or Without Airbags and/or 3-Point Restraints
  • SC 25-610-SC Special Conditions: The Boeing Company, Model 737-8 Airplanes; Design Roll-Maneuver Requirements
  • SC 25-550-SC The Boeing Company models 737-700, -700C, -800, -900ER, -7, -8 and -9 Series Airplanes; Airplane Electronic Systems Security Protection from Unauthorized External Access.
  • SC 25-551-SC Special Conditions: The Boeing Company, Models 737-700, -700C, - 800, -900ER, -7, -8, and -9 Series Airplanes; Isolation or Airplane Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized Internal Access
  • ELOS ODA-2518-01-C-1 Equivalent Level of Safety (ELOS) Finding for Boeing Model 737-700C Direct View
  • ELOS SA02869AC-T-F-1 Vibration/Buffeting Compliance Criteria for Antenna Installations
  • ELOS LB08-0012-T-SE-2 Position Light Overlapping Intensities
  • ELOS LB08-0012-T-SE-1 Forward Position Light Intensity
  • ELOS LB08-0012-T-F-1 Rough Air Speed (VRA)
  • ELOS ST3957SE-T-C-2 Boeing Model 737-700 AEW&C Equipment Standards for Oxygen Dispensing Units
  • ELOS SA10109SE-T-S-1 Safe Flight in Icing Conditions
  • ELOS ODA-GED-P310-25.251(b) Equivalent Level of Safety (ELOS) Finding for Vibration/Buffeting Compliance Criteria, Large Antenna Installation

Certification basis — 14 CFR

Comments

Reposted 7/2/2008 due to minor changes.

Fleet view · 1,371 registered tails

Engineering specs aggregated from the FAA Aircraft Registry — what every actually-flying tail under this TCDS reports. Median + 10th–90th-percentile range across the active fleet.

Seats

175

48–175 (n=1,371)

Horsepower

2,200

n=117

Year of mfr

2021

1981–2026

Engines on the type, by tail count

  • CFM INTL LEAP-1B28 SER 632
  • CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES 117
  • CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E/F 99
  • CFM INTL LEAP-1B25 98
  • CFM INTL CFM56-7B24 88
  • CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E 86
  • CFM INTL LEAP-1B27 SER 42
  • CFM INTL LEAP-1B28B 35

NTSB events

266

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

116

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.19 events / tail · 0.08 ADs / tail

The TCDS PDF on drs.faa.gov is the authoritative document for design-as-certified weight limits, performance, equipment, AD compliance times, and operating limitations. Open on drs.faa.gov ↗ DRS frequently breaks — when it does, the fleet view above and the cross-links below are usually what you actually need.