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AD: The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD NUMBER: 2018-17-23

PRODUCT: All The Boeing Company Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes.

ACTION: Final Rule.

SUMMARY: This AD was prompted by a report indicating that during a fleet survey on a retired Model 737 airplane, cracking was found common to the number 3 windshield assembly, aft sill web.

This AD requires, at certain locations, repetitive high frequency eddy current (HFEC) inspections of the number 3 windshield assembly, aft sill web; and applicable on-condition actions.

DATES: This AD is effective October 4, 2018.

COST: The FAA estimates that this AD affects 63 airplanes of U.S. registry. The cost of compliance is estimated as follows:

  • HFEC inspection - 4 work-hours × $85 per hour = $340 per aircraft per inspection cycle.
FMI: AD

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