Boeing 767 Series Aeroplanes
Boeing 767 Series Aeroplanes
Boeing 767 Series Aeroplanes
| AD/B767/208 | Nose Wheel Well Bulkhead Vertical Chords | 4/2005 |
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| Applicability: | Model 767-200, -300, and -300F series aircraft, as listed in Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 767-53A0113, dated 26 February 2004, or later FAA approved revision. |
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| Requirement: | Action in accordance with the technical requirements of FAA AD 2005-02-02 Amdt 39-13947. |
| Compliance: | As specified in the Requirement document, with a revised effective date of 14 April 2005. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 14 April 2005. | |
| Background: | The FAA received reports of cracks in the fillet radii of the left and right butt line (BL) 25 vertical chords common to the nose wheel well bulkhead at station 287. Cracks in the left and right BL 25 vertical chords, unless detected and corrected, could grow downward into a critical area that serves as a primary load path for the nose landing gear. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
2 March 2005