# AD 88-12-06: Seal Plates - Type: Airworthiness directive - Status: Current - Products: Boeing 767-200 Series, 767-300 Series and 767-300F Series - Effective: July 1, 1988 - Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD - Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane - Amendment: 39-5936 - Registered aircraft: 402 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs) - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/0EA5F7CC39B12B97862569590072960D.0001 - DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/88-12-06 ## The airworthiness directive 88-12-06 BOEING: Amendment 39-5936. Applies to Model 767 series airplanes, listed in Boeing Service Bulletin 767-53-0025, dated June 4, 1987, certificated in any category. Compliance required within 12 months after the effective date of this AD, unless previously accomplished. To prevent structural failure of the vertical fin in the event of a failure of the aft pressure bulkhead, accomplish the following: A. Install seal plates over the electrical wiring and hydraulic tubing cutouts on the fin-to-body skin in accordance with Boeing Service Bulletin 767-53-0025, dated June 4, 1987. B. 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 may add any comments and then send it to the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office. C. Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate airplanes to a base in order to comply with 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 the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, Washington 98124. These documents may be examined at the FAA, Northwest Mountain Region, 17900 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, Washington, or Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, Northwest Mountain Region, 9010 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, Washington. This amendment, 39-5936, becomes effective July 1, 1988. ## 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/88-12-06/models.md Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/88-12-06/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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