Airworthiness Directive 2001-13-15
one-timeAirworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 757 Series Airplanes Equipped with Rolls Royce Engines
What this AD requires
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 757 series airplanes, that requires a one-time inspection to find wire chafing of the left and right engine fuel shutoff valve wire bundles at Power Plant Station 278 on each engine strut, and repair if necessary. This amendment also requires replacement of three wire support brackets with improved wire support brackets. This amendment is prompted by reports that such wire support brackets failed due to fatigue, which subsequently caused the fuel shutoff valve wire to chafe and to experience a short circuit. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent such conditions, which could result in either the possible ignition of fuel vapors in a flammable leakage zone or in the inability to stop the flow of fuel in the event of an engine fire.
Which aircraft AD 2001-13-15 applies to
Requires inspection/repair of wire bundle chafing and replacement of wire support brackets at Power Plant Station 278 on each engine strut per Boeing SB 757-54-0013 Rev 3 (Oct 23, 1997), as revised by Information Notice 757-54-0013 IN 02 (Apr 8, 1999); prohibits installing wire support bracket P/N 287N1112-8/-9/-20/-21 as of the effective date.
Whether AD 2001-13-15 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.