Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-9242 · 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 KC-10A (military) airplanes, that requires inspections to detect cracking of H-11 attach bolts of the upper vertical stabilizer and replacement of these bolts and associated nuts with Inconel bolts and nuts. This amendment is prompted by failure of the attach bolts of the upper vertical stabilizer due to stress corrosion. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent undetected cracked or failed attach bolts that may lead to reduced structural integrity of the vertical stabilizer.
