# AD 60-03-01: Wing Foreflaps

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Boeing 707-100 Long Body, 707-100B Long Body, 707-100B Short Body, 707-200, 707-300 Series, 707-300B Series, 707-300C Series and 707-400 Series
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- Registered aircraft: 6 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/135C2AD58121DA9A8625698B0067CB7C.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-03-01

## The airworthiness directive

60-03-01 BOEING: Amdt. 87 Part 507 Federal Register January 26, 1960. Applies to all Model 707 series aircraft.

Due to recent failures of the wing foreflaps, the following must be accomplished at times indicated:

  (a) Conduct daily inspection of the original type outboard foreflap, P/N's 65-7360-3007 and 65-7360-3008, on outboard mainflap as follows:

  (1) Conduct detail visual inspection of foreflaps for any evidence of cracking.

  (2) By use of borescope or equivalent, inspect interior web, flanges and cutouts on both the inboard and outboard end ribs for cracks or other damage.

  (3) By means of dye check or equivalent, examine skin areas at ends of reinforcement plate on upper surface.

  (b) When the original type outboard foreflap on each outboard mainflap has been replaced with the redesigned type, P/N's 65-7360-3023 and 65-7360-3024, the daily inspection, (a) above, may be discontinued. However, the redesigned foreflap must then be inspected at intervals not to exceed 65 hours' time in service as prescribed in (a)(1) and (a)(2) above.

  (c) Any outboard foreflap showing evidence of cracking or other damage must be replaced or repaired in accordance with FAA approved manufacturer's instructions prior to next flight.

  (d) The special inspections of the outboard foreflap, P/N's 65-7360-3023 and 65-7360- 3024, prescribed in (b) above may be discontinued when an inertia damper P/N's 69-11124-1 (left wing) and 69-11124-2 (right wing) has been installed on the foreflaps.

(Boeing Service Bulletins No. 456 (R-2) dated November 18, 1959, and No. 566 dated August 26, 1959, cover criteria on the same subject.)

This supersedes AD 59-25-01.

## Affected data sheets (2) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 4A21](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A21): The Boeing Company; names 4 of 4 models: 707-100B Short Body, 707-200, 707-100 Long Body, 707-100B Long Body
- [TCDS 4A26](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A26): The Boeing Company; names 4 of 4 models: 707-300B Series, 707-400 Series, 707-300 Series, 707-300C Series

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 6 (6 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Boeing 6

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Boeing 707-338C](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-338c): 2 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 707-368C](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-368c): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 707-321B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-321b): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 707-323B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-323b): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 707-351B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-351b): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 5 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-03-01/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-03-01/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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