# Proposed AD FAA-2022-0815: The Boeing Company Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2023-06-15
- Products: Boeing
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: September 9, 2022, 87 FR 55325
- Comments due: October 24, 2022
- Became: [AD 2023-06-15](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2023-06-15)
- Docket: FAA-2022-0815 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2022-0815, where comments are filed)
- Project: AD-2021-00679-T
- FR document: 2022-19298
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/6c/8c/6c8cd0d3a0b31dae2eab19ed6aa1b0a3daba8e16d06ae1890e5deab8e887a55d (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-09-09/pdf/2022-19298.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/09/2022-19298/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/FR-ADNPRM-2022-19298-00000000000.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2022-0815

## Summary

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, -900, and -900ER series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of missing shims, a wrong type of shims, shanked fasteners, fastener head gaps, and incorrect hole sizes common to the left and right side at a certain station (STA) frame inner chord and web. This proposed AD would require inspecting for existing repairs, inspecting the area for cracking, and applicable on-condition actions. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

## Notices in this docket

- Sep 9, 2022: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2022-19298, comments due Oct 24, 2022 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/09/2022-19298/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes)

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