# AD 89-04-03: Cockpit Door Blowout Panels

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Boeing 737-100 Series, 737-200 Series, 737-200C Series, 737-300 Series, 737-400 Series, 737-500 Series, 737-600 Series, 737-700 Series and 737-800 Series
- Effective: March 10, 1989
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- Amendment: 39-6126
- Registered aircraft: 823 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/5D49330133D472018625695A0070FC58.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/89-04-03

## The airworthiness directive

89-04-03 BOEING: Amendment 39-6126. Applicability: Model 737 series airplanes, line number 001 through 1587, certificated in any category.

Compliance: Required within 90 days after the effective date of this AD, unless previously accomplished.

To permit proper functioning of blowout panels in the cockpit door, accomplish the following:

A. Inspect for improper use of adhesive and remove adhesive, if necessary, in accordance with Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 737-52A1105, Revision 1, dated September 29, 1988.

B. Within 10 days after completion of the inspection required by paragraph A., above, submit a report of findings, positive or negative, to the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, Northwest Mountain Region.

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 may add any comments 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 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 (39-6126, AD 89-04-03) becomes effective March 10, 1989.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A16WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A16WE): The Boeing Company; names 9 of 17 models: 737-500 Series, 737-100 Series, 737-200C Series, 737-800 Series, 737-300 Series, 737-200 Series, 737-700 Series, 737-400 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: 823 (823 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Boeing 823

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Boeing 737-823](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-823): 278 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-800](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-800): 139 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-824](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-824): 135 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-832](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-832): 73 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-890](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-890): 60 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-724](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-724): 36 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-790](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-790): 14 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-752](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-752): 13 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-400](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-400): 8 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-852](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-852): 7 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-500](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-500): 6 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-436](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-436): 6 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-700](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-700): 5 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-300): 4 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-883](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-883): 4 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-205](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-205): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-490](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-490): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-484](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-484): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-732](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-732): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 737-524](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-524): 3 aircraft (airframe model)

All 40 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/89-04-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/89-04-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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