# AD 83-09-04: Passenger or Service Doors

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Boeing 767-200 Series, 767-300 Series and 767-300F Series
- Effective: May 25, 1983
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- Amendment: 39-4650
- Registered aircraft: 402 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/ADE5D7D8FB40D38B862568A8006A3744.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-09-04

## The airworthiness directive

83-09-04 BOEING: Amendment 39-4650. Applies to Boeing Model 767 airplanes listed in Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 767-52A7 Revision 1, dated April 7, 1983, or later FAA approved revisions. To prevent the inadvertent opening of the airplane passenger or service door, accomplish the following:

A. Within the next 10 days after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished, perform the maintenance check of paragraph A of Section III of Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 767-52A7 Revision 1 dated April 7, 1983, or later FAA approved revisions. Doors which fail to meet this check must accomplish the check of paragraph A.2. of Section III of the Boeing Alert Service Bulletin, prior to each flight until rigged in accordance with paragraph B of this AD.

B. Within 30 days after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished, passenger or service doors that do not meet the maintenance check of paragraph A of this AD must be rigged in accordance with paragraph Bof the Boeing Alert Service Bulletin.

C. Alternate means of compliance which provide an equivalent level of safety may be used when approved by the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, Northwest Mountain Region.

All persons affected by this directive who have not already received these documents from the manufacturer may obtain copies upon request to Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, Washington 98124. These documents may also be examined at the FAA, Northwest Mountain Region, 9010 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, Washington.

This amendment becomes effective May 25, 1983.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A1NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A1NM): The Boeing Company; names 3 of 5 models: 767-300 Series, 767-200 Series, 767-300F 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: 402 (402 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Boeing 402

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Boeing 767-300F](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-300f): 169 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-332](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-332): 46 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-322](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-322): 36 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-323](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-323): 27 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-338](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-338): 13 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-316](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-316): 12 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-346](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-346): 11 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-281](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-281): 9 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-381](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-381): 8 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-232): 6 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-319](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-319): 6 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-306](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-306): 5 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-224](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-224): 5 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-300): 5 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-316F](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-316f): 5 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-336](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-336): 4 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-223](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-223): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-231): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-304](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-304): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 767-324](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-324): 3 aircraft (airframe model)

All 36 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-09-04/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-09-04/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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