Boeing 727 Series Aeroplanes
Boeing 727 Series Aeroplanes
Boeing 727 Series Aeroplanes
| AD/B727/218 | Upper and Lower Fuselage Skin Lap Joints | 6/2009 |
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| Applicability: | Model 727-100 and 727-200 series aircraft, as identified in Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 727-53A0223, dated 28 March 2002, or later FAA approved revision. |
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| Requirement: | Action in accordance with the technical requirements of FAA AD 2009-06-10Amdt 39-15846. |
| Compliance: | As specified in the Requirement document, with a revised effective date of4 June 2009. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 4 June 2009. | |
| Background: | A report of decompression in a Model 737 aircraft at flight level 290 prompted the issue of FAA AD 2009-06-10. The actions required by this Directive are intended to detect and correct scratches and excessive reduction of material thickness from excessive blend-out or corrosion, which could lead to premature cracking in the upper and lower fuselage skin lap joints. Such cracking could adversely affect the structural integrity of the aircraft. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
17 April 2009