# Proposed AD FAA-2009-0642: Boeing Model 767 Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2010-06-16
- Products: Boeing
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: July 16, 2009, 74 FR 34513
- Comments due: August 31, 2009
- Became: [AD 2010-06-16](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2010-06-16)
- Docket: FAA-2009-0642 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2009-0642, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2009-NM-001-AD
- FR document: E9-16872
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/fc/f0/fcf04bdb3daee777a6c18526dffd19adde1f06aad6d803aaed45e1cd3d70c1f3 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2009-07-16/pdf/E9-16872.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/07/16/E9-16872/airworthiness-directives-boeing-model-767-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/8B5E69A2955AA1AE862575F5004EEF76.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2009-0642

## Summary

We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 767 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require inspections for scribe lines in the fuselage skin at skin lap joints, the skin at certain external approved repairs, the skin around external features such as antennas, and the skin at decals; and related investigative and corrective actions if necessary. This proposed AD results from reports of scribe lines found at skin lap joints and butt joints, around external repairs and antennas, and at locations where external decals had been cut. We are proposing this AD to detect and correct scribe lines, which can develop into fatigue cracks in the skin and cause sudden decompression of the airplane.

## Notices in this docket

- Jul 16, 2009: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document E9-16872, comments due Aug 31, 2009 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/07/16/E9-16872/airworthiness-directives-boeing-model-767-airplanes)

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