Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-8933 · 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 adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10 series airplanes and Model KC-10A (military) airplanes, that requires inspections to detect cracks in wing stringer number 41; installation of a repair, if necessary; and modification of that stringer. This amendment is prompted by reports of fatigue cracks in outer wing stringer number 41. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent reduced structural integrity of the wing.