AD 89-02-04

89-02-04 BOEING: Amendment 39-6101. Applicability: Model 737 series airplanes, line numbers 1 through 446, certificated in any category.

Compliance: Required within 18 months after the effective date of this AD, unless previously accomplished.

To prevent collapse of the nose landing gear, accomplish the following:

A. Replace the aluminum nose landing gear actuator support fitting with a steel fitting, in accordance with Boeing Service Bulletin 737-53-1119, dated September 22, 1988.

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 Boeing Commercial Airplanes, 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 (39-6101, AD 89-02-04) becomes effective February 8, 1989.