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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
The Federal Aviation Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on November 18, 2025. Comments closed on January 2, 2026.
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What the agency says
The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-19-26, which applies to certain The Boeing Company Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, and -900 series airplanes. AD 2017-19-26 requires repetitive inspections for cracks along the chem-milled steps of the fuselage skin and missing or loose fasteners in the area of the preventive modification or repairs; replacement of the time-limited repair with a permanent repair, if applicable; and applicable corrective actions that end certain repetitive inspections. AD 2017-19- 26 also requires repetitive inspections for modified airplanes. Since the FAA issued AD 2017-19-26, the FAA has determined that the compliance times are not adequate. This proposed AD would continue to require certain actions in AD 2017-19-26 but at reduced compliance times. This proposed AD would also revise instructions for the preventative modification and remove instructions for the permanent and time-limited repairs. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-20061
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
- Published
- November 18, 2025
- Comments due
- January 2, 2026
- Dates
- The FAA must receive comments on this proposed AD by January 2, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. FAA-2025-3429; Project Identifier AD-2024-00722-T
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2120-AA64
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 14 CFR 39
- Topics
- Air transportation; Aircraft; Aviation safety; Incorporation by reference; Safety
- Pages
- 5
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