Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-10846 · McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10, -15, -30, and -40 Series Airplanes
McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10, -15, -30, and -40 Series Airplanes
Model DC-10-10, -15, -30, and -40 series airplanes; as listed in McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Service Bulletin 28- 97, Revision 1, dated October 8, 1985; certificated in any category.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10, -15, -30, and - 40 series airplanes, that requires installation of a new protector cap in all fuel tank boost/transfer pump housings. This amendment is prompted by reports of inoperative fuel boost/transfer pumps due to arcing or burning of the electrical connectors. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent damage to the fuel tank boost/ transfer pump housings in case of an electrical connector malfunction, which could result in increased risk of a fuel tank explosion or fire.
The aircraft, engines and makers this AD names, by the model designations in its text. A model listed here may still be outside the AD's serial ranges.
