Is AD 02-22855 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 02-22855 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 02-22855 apply to?

AD 02-22855 applies to Boeing — models 747-100B, 747-200B, 747-300, 747SP, 747SR. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 02-22855

one-time

AD 02-22855 · 2002-09-11 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-300, 747SP, and 747SR Series Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-300, 747SP, and 747SR series airplanes, that requires one-time inspections for cracking in certain upper deck floor beams and follow-on actions. The actions specified by this AD are intended to find and fix cracking in certain upper deck floor beams. Such cracking could extend and sever floor beams adjacent to the body frame and result in rapid depressurization of the airplane. This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition.

Which aircraft AD 02-22855 applies to

MakesBoeing

Models747-100B, 747-200B, 747-300, 747SP, 747SR

certain

Whether AD 02-22855 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:

Method of compliance — The specific action taken (inspected, replaced, modified) and to what revision.

Date — When the work was done.

Aircraft time — Total time in service / tach at compliance — how recurring next-due is computed.

Signature & certificate — The A&P/IA who returned it to service, with certificate number.

Is AD 02-22855 complied with on your aircraft?

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.