Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-8848 · The Boeing Company Airplanes
The Boeing Company Airplanes
This AD applies to The Boeing Company DC-9-81 (MD-81), DC-9-82 (MD-82), DC-9-83 (MD-83), DC-9-87 (MD-87), MD-88.
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 adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-80 series airplanes and Model MD-88 airplanes, that requires inspection of the ceiling pressure relief panels in the cargo compartments to determine if slotted attach points are present and, if not, modification of the panels. This amendment is prompted by a report that certain panels were manufactured without the appropriate slotted attach points. The actions specified by this AD are intended to ensure that the action of the cargo compartment pressure relief panels will enable the airplane to withstand a rapid decompression caused by a hole below the compartment floor.
