Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-8859 · The Boeing Company Airplanes
The Boeing Company Airplanes
This AD applies to The Boeing Company MD-11, MD-11F.
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 MD-11 and MD-11F series airplanes, that requires modification of the cavity vent drain tube assembly at the center wing lower auxiliary fuel tank cavity. This amendment is prompted by a report that the cavity vent tube, if not properly grounded, could act as an electrical path in the event of a lightening strike. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent arcing in the tank cavity and possible resulting fire.
