Boeing 727 Series Aeroplanes
Boeing 727 Series Aeroplanes
Boeing 727 Series Aeroplanes
| AD/B727/215 | Elevator Quadrant Upper SupportAssembly Attachment Fittings | 1/2009 |
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| Applicability: | All 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 2008-22-12 Amdt 39-15708.Note: Boeing Special Attention Service Bulletin 727-55-0092 original issue, dated4 June 2007, or later FAA approved revision, refers. |
| Compliance: | As specified in the Requirement document. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 15 January 2009. | |
| Background: | The FAA received reports of elongated holes and cracks in the lugs of the attachment fittings of the elevator quadrant upper support assembly at the tip of the vertical fin. Undetected damage to the aft attachment lugs of the elevator quadrant support assembly could lead to failure of the lugs, which could accelerate wear elsewhere in the elevator control system and reduce the crew’s ability to maintain safe flight. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
24 November 2008