Boeing 727 Series Aeroplanes
Boeing 727 Series Aeroplanes
| AD/B727/194 | Cargo Door Number 3 | 9/2005 |
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| Applicability: | Model 727-200 series aircraft, equipped with a No.3 cargo door; as identified in Boeing Special Attention Service Bulletin 727-52-0149 original issue, or later FAA approved revision. |
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| Requirement: | Action in accordance with the technical requirements of FAA AD 2005-11-09 Amdt 39-14111. |
| Compliance: | As specified in the Requirement document, with a revised effective date of 1 September 2005. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 1 September 2005. | |
| Background: | The FAA received reports of cracking at the forward, lower corner frame and lower beam of the No.3 cargo door. Such cracking, unless detected and corrected, could result in failure of the affected door stops, loss of the cargo door, and consequent rapid decompression of the aircraft. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
20 July 2005