# AD 87-18-05 R1: Engine Strut Brackets - Type: Airworthiness directive - Status: Current - Products: Boeing 767-200 Series, 767-300 Series and 767-300F Series - Effective: July 24, 1989 - Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD - Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane - Amendment: 39-6242 - Registered aircraft: 402 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs) - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/D406C08673B9206A8625695900728A99.0001 - DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/87-18-05-R1 ## The airworthiness directive 87-18-05 R1 BOEING: Amendment 39-5722 as revised by Amendment 39-6242. Applicability: Model 767 series airplanes, equipped with General Electric CF6 engines, listed in Boeing Service Bulletin 767-29-0032 dated January 15, 1987, and airplanes Serial Numbers 22322, 23431, 23432, 23494, 23623, and 23624, certificated in any category. Compliance: Required as indicated, unless previously accomplished. To prevent cracking of the hydraulic pressure line aluminum support brackets in the engine strut, and possible fuel line penetration, accomplish the following: A. For airplanes listed in Boeing Service Bulletin 767-29-0032, dated January 15, 1987: Within the next 3,000 hours time-in-service after October 7, 1987 (which is the effective date of Amendment 39-5722), replace aluminum brackets with inconel brackets at three locations in each engine strut area to support the hydraulic pressure line, in accordance with that service bulletin. B. For all other airplanes:Within the next 3,000 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this amendment, replace aluminum brackets with inconel brackets at three locations in each engine strut area to support the hydraulic pressure line in accordance with Boeing Service Bulletin 767-29-0032, Revision 1, dated June 16, 1988. C. An alternate means of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time, which provides an acceptable level of safety, may be used when approved by the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, Northwest Mountain Region. NOTE: The request should be forwarded through an FAA Principal Maintenance Inspector (PMI), who will either concur or comment and then send it to the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office. D. Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate airplanes to a base for the accomplishment of the requirements of this AD. All persons affected by this directive who have not already received the appropriate service documents from the manufacturer may obtain copies upon request to Boeing Commercial Airplanes, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, Washington 98124. These documents may be examined at the FAA, Northwest Mountain Region, Transport Airplane Directorate, 17900 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, Washington, or Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, 9010 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, Washington. This AD revises Amendment 39-5722, AD 87-18-05, which became effective on October 7, 1987. This amendment (39-6242, AD 87-18-05 R1) becomes effective on July 24, 1989. ## 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/87-18-05-R1/models.md Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/87-18-05-R1/aircraft.md Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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