Airworthiness Directive 02-32883

one-time
AD 02-32883 · 2003-01-02 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, and -900 Series Airplanes; Model 747 Series Airplanes; and Model 757 Series Airplanes

What this AD requires

This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting airworthiness directive (AD) 2002-24-51 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of the airplane models described previously by individual notices. This AD requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual to require the flightcrew to maintain certain minimum fuel levels in the center fuel tanks and, for certain airplanes, to prohibit the use of the horizontal stabilizer fuel tank and the certain center auxiliary fuel tanks. This action is prompted by reports indicating that two fuel tank pumps showed evidence of extreme localized overheating of parts in the priming and vapor pump section of the fuel pump; such overheating provides an ignition source in the fuel tank during dry running of the pump, which could result in fire/explosion of the fuel tank. The actions specified by this AD are intended to require the flightcrew to maintain certain minimum fuel levels in the center fuel tanks and, for certain airplanes and, for certain airplanes to prohibit the use of the horizontal stabilizer fuel tank and certain center auxiliary fuel tanks.

Which aircraft AD 02-32883 applies to

MakesBoeing
Models757

certain

Whether AD 02-32883 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 complianceThe specific action taken (inspected, replaced, modified) and to what revision.
DateWhen the work was done.
Aircraft timeTotal time in service / tach at compliance — how recurring next-due is computed.
Signature & certificateThe A&P/IA who returned it to service, with certificate number.
Is AD 02-32883 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.

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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.