Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-8815 · The Boeing Company Airplanes
The Boeing Company Airplanes
This AD applies to The Boeing Company DC-10-10, DC-10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F (KC-10A, KDC-10), DC-10-40, DC-10-40F.
The models as the FAA's AD index lists them. The serial ranges, installed parts and exceptions are in the AD itself: read it at the FAA.
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10 series airplanes and Model KC-10A (military) airplanes, that currently requires certain structural modifications and inspections. This amendment requires additional structural modifications and inspections. This amendment is prompted by an evaluation by the Model DC-10 Task Group, which identified additional modifications for mandatory action. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent degradation in the structural capabilities of the affected airplanes. This action also reflects the FAA's decision that long-term continued operational safety should be assured by actual modification of the airframe, where feasible, rather than only repetitive inspections for known service problems.
