Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-9717 · 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 certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10, -15, -30, -40, and KC-10A (military) series airplanes, that requires modification of the AC generator control units. This amendment is prompted by reports of loss of electrical power from two generators and an engine that flamed out due to an overfrequency condition of a generator. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent an overfrequency condition of a generator, which could lead to the loss of all electrical power of the airplane.
