Airworthiness Directive 2000-09-04
recurringAirworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 767 Series Airplanes Equipped with General Electric Model CF6-80C2 Series Engines
What this AD requires
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 767 series airplanes, that currently requires tests, inspections, and adjustments of the thrust reverser system. That AD also requires installation of a terminating modification, and repetitive follow-on actions. This amendment revises certain actions in the existing AD. This amendment is prompted by a report indicating that certain instructions referenced in the existing AD for accomplishment of the cone brake test of the center drive unit are not accurate for certain airplanes. The actions specified in this AD are intended to ensure the integrity of the fail safe features of the thrust reverser system by preventing possible failure modes in the thrust reverser control system that can result in inadvertent deployment of a thrust reverser during flight.
Which aircraft AD 2000-09-04 applies to
Applies to Model 767 airplanes with the thrust reverser control system per Boeing Service Bulletin 767-78-0047 Revision 3; supersedes AD 95-13-12 R1. The serial range (line numbers 1 through 474 inclusive) applies specifically to the requirement to install a third locking system on the left- and right-hand engine thrust reversers per Boeing Service Bulletin 767-78-0063 Revision 2 within 3 years; repetitive tests/inspections/adjustments and DPV grounding-wire checks apply more broadly until that modification is accomplished.
Whether AD 2000-09-04 actually applies to your aircraft (by serial and installed parts) and whether it’s already complied with comes from that aircraft’s records.
How AD compliance is recorded
A valid compliance record (14 CFR 43.9) states:
Tailplate reads a tail number’s logbooks and matches every applicable AD — including this one — to its compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates computed.
Look up a tail number →Read the full directive (Federal Register)Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and is advisory, not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.