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Airworthiness Directive

AD 2020-18-16: Fuel

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

Effective
Nov 10, 2020
Published
Oct 6, 2020
Registered aircraft
176

Models this AD may apply to

AI-extracted — verify against original

Matched from the AD's applicability section. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.

Aircraft

  • Only with: Excludes airplanes whose center auxiliary tank is only between rib 0 and rib 3 (dry-bay center wing box), or that have an FAA-approved flammability reduction means (FRM) or ignition mitigation means (IMM).
  • Only with: Excludes airplanes whose center auxiliary tank is only between rib 0 and rib 3 (dry-bay center wing box), or that have an FAA-approved flammability reduction means (FRM) or ignition mitigation means (IMM).

Applicability

From the AD text
This AD applies to The Boeing Company Model 767-200, -300, -300F, and -400ER series airplanes, certificated in any category, excluding airplanes identified in paragraphs (c)(1) through (3) of this AD. (1) Airplanes on which the center auxiliary tank consists only of the spaces between the side of body rib 0 and rib 3 of the left and right wings (i.e., the wing center structural box is a dry bay and is not part of the fuel tank). (2) Airplanes equipped with a flammability reduction means (FRM) approved by the FAA as compliant with the fuel tank flammability reduction (FTFR) requirements of 14 CFR 25.981(b) or 26.33(c)(1). (3) Airplanes equipped with an ignition mitigation means (IMM) approved by the FAA as compliant with the FTFR requirements of 14 CFR 25.981(c) or 26.33(c)(2).

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