Boeing 727 Series Aeroplanes
Boeing 727 Series Aeroplanes
| AD/B727/211 | MLG Side Strut | 6/2008 |
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| Applicability: | Model 727, 727C, 727-100, 727-100C, 727-200, and 727-200F series aircraft. |
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| Requirement: | Action in accordance with the technical requirements of FAA AD 2008-08-02 Amdt 39-15454. |
| Compliance: | As specified in the Requirement document, with a revised effective date of5 June 2008. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 5 June 2008. | |
| Background: | The FAA received reports of cracked threads on the main landing gear side strut lower segment. This condition, unless detected and corrected, could result in a fractured side strut and collapse of the landing gear. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
21 April 2008