# Proposed AD FAA-2017-0128: The Boeing Company Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2017-17-09
- Products: Boeing
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: March 9, 2017, 82 FR 13079
- Comments due: April 24, 2017
- Became: [AD 2017-17-09](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2017-17-09)
- Docket: FAA-2017-0128 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2017-0128, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2016-NM-194-AD
- FR document: 2017-04598
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/07/3b/073bf65c7dcea1d05e6b114ad3efe3e4cf10e700ce488e0db6d8e48f7988ab99 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-03-09/pdf/2017-04598.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/09/2017-04598/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/A670B005ACE3C9FC862580DE005C6456.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2017-0128

## Summary

We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 737-300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a manufacturer's review that showed that the tank access door at a certain wing buttock line did not have an engineered ground path with the mating wing structure. This proposed AD would require replacing the tank access door, doing a check of the electrical bond, doing related investigative and corrective actions if necessary, and revising the maintenance or inspection program by incorporating an airworthiness limitation (AWL). We are proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

## Notices in this docket

- Mar 9, 2017: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2017-04598, comments due Apr 24, 2017 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/09/2017-04598/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes)

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