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Tue, Mar 10, 2020

AD: The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD NUMBER: 2020-04-11

PRODUCT: Certain The Boeing Company Model 747-400 series airplanes.

ACTION: Final rule

SUMMARY: This AD was prompted by a report of a certain modification that causes interference with inspections that are intended to detect fatigue cracks.

This AD requires repetitive low frequency eddy current (LFEC) inspections of a certain fuselage upper skin lap splice for cracks, repetitive high frequency eddy current (HFEC) inspections of a certain fuselage upper skin lap splice for cracks, and applicable on-condition actions.

DATES: This AD is effective April 13, 2020.

COST: The FAA estimates that this AD affects 3 airplanes of U.S. registry. Operators may incur the following costs in order to comply with this AD:

  • LFEC inspection: 5 work-hours × $85 per hour = $425 per inspection cycle per airplane.
  • HFEC inspection: 5 work-hours × $85 per hour = $425 per inspection cycle per airplane.
FMI: AD

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