# Proposed AD FAA-2015-3630: The Boeing Company Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2016-04-03
- Products: Boeing
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: September 15, 2015, 80 FR 55273
- Comments due: October 30, 2015
- Became: [AD 2016-04-03](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2016-04-03)
- Docket: FAA-2015-3630 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2015-3630, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2014-NM-253-AD
- FR document: 2015-22926
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/3a/23/3a2321ef71f429ce0b650a491c45d4ed24d1e3a919621e85e9685adb4547d0bd (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-09-15/pdf/2015-22926.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/09/15/2015-22926/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/33379130EA280C8786257EC10049CC26.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2015-3630

## Summary

We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 747-400F series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by an analysis of the production methods used to increase fatigue resistance of the upper closure fittings at the nose cargo door portal's C-3 frame, which indicated that cracking could start too early to be caught in a timely manner by the inspection or maintenance program. This proposed AD would require inspections of the upper closure fitting and connected strap and doubler at the nose cargo door portal for cracking, and related investigative and corrective actions if necessary. We are proposing this AD to detect and correct such cracking, which could result in sudden decompression and loss of the airplane's structural integrity.

## Notices in this docket

- Sep 15, 2015: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2015-22926, comments due Oct 30, 2015 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/09/15/2015-22926/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes)

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