# Proposed AD FAA-2020-0580: The Boeing Company Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2021-02-06
- Products: Boeing
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: July 15, 2020, 85 FR 42749
- Comments due: August 31, 2020
- Became: [AD 2021-02-06](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2021-02-06)
- Docket: FAA-2020-0580 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2020-0580, where comments are filed)
- FR document: 2020-15127
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/b1/0d/b10db24012bce2beafff314922c7dc0d5fa8f628e148bc55628a899201445a0a (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-07-15/pdf/2020-15127.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/15/2020-15127/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/0A52DD78562FA08F862585A600452DF1.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2020-0580

## Summary

The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2019-02-03, which applies to all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. AD 2019-02-03 requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. Since the FAA issued AD 2019-02-03, the manufacturer has developed a new fire handle design that will eliminate the need for the airworthiness limitations required by AD 2019-02-03. This proposed AD would retain the requirements of AD 2019-02-03 and would require incorporation of an airworthiness limitation which applies only to certain airplanes. This proposed AD would also require replacing or modifying certain engine fire control panels, which would terminate the revised airworthiness limitation when a certain condition is met. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

## Notices in this docket

- Jul 15, 2020: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2020-15127, comments due Aug 31, 2020 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/15/2020-15127/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes)

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