FAA Proposes Dreamliner AD | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-04.22.24

Airborne-Unlimited-04.16.24

Airborne-FlightTraining-04.17.24 Airborne-AffordableFlyers-04.18.24

Airborne-Unlimited-04.19.24

Sat, Nov 29, 2014

FAA Proposes Dreamliner AD

Prompted By Numerous Reports That Proximity Sensors Have Failed

The FAA has posted a proposed AD for Boeing's 787-8 Dreamliner to the Federal Register after reports of numerous failures of the proximity sensor within the slat skew detection mechanism assembly (DMA) leading to slats-up landing events.

The proposed AD would require replacing the slat skew DMAs with new slat skew DMAs, and marking the existing identification plates on the slat with the new part number. The FAA is proposing this AD to prevent failure of the proximity sensor, which could result in the slats being shut down and a slats up high speed landing.

This condition, in combination with abnormal landing conditions such as a short runway or adverse weather conditions, could result in a runway excursion, the agency says.

Comments for the AD will be accepted for 45 days following its November 28 publication.

The FAA estimates that the cost of compliance with the AD for the 15 airplanes of U.S. registry to be $14,025.

Reuters reports that Boeing is supporting the proposed rule, and that in March it recommended that the mechanism be replaced on all 132 787-8s in service worldwide. About a third have already been retrofitted, the planemaker said.

FMI: Proposed AD

Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.26.24): DETRESFA (Distress Phrase)

DETRESFA (Distress Phrase) The code word used to designate an emergency phase wherein there is reasonable certainty that an aircraft and its occupants are threatened by grave and i>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.26.24)

Aero Linx: The International Association of Missionary Aviation (IAMA) The International Association of Missionary Aviation (IAMA) is comprised of Mission organizations, flight sch>[...]

Airborne 04.22.24: Rotor X Worsens, Airport Fees 4 FNB?, USMC Drone Pilot

Also: EP Systems' Battery, Boeing SAF, Repeat TBM 960 Order, Japan Coast Guard H225 Buy Despite nearly 100 complaints totaling millions of dollars of potential fraud, combined with>[...]

Airborne 04.24.24: INTEGRAL E, Elixir USA, M700 RVSM

Also: Viasat-uAvionix, UL94 Fuel Investigation, AF Materiel Command, NTSB Safety Alert Norges Luftsportforbund chose Aura Aero's little 2-seater in electric trim for their next gli>[...]

Airborne-NextGen 04.23.24: UAVOS UVH 170, magni650 Engine, World eVTOL Directory

Also: Moya Delivery Drone, USMC Drone Pilot, Inversion RAY Reentry Vehicle, RapidFlight UAVOS has recently achieved a significant milestone in public safety and emergency services >[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC