Is AD 2010-10-05 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2010-10-05 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Airworthiness Directive 2010-10-05

Q: Which aircraft does AD 2010-10-05 apply to?

AD 2010-10-05 applies to The Boeing Company — models 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-300, 747SR, 747SP, 747. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

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Official AD 2010-10-05 · FR doc 2010-10875 · 2010-05-17 · airframe

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

What this AD requires

The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Model 747 airplanes. That AD currently requires repetitive inspections to detect cracking in certain fuselage skin lap joints, and repair if necessary. This new AD expands the inspection area in the existing AD, adds a modification of certain lap joints, and adds certain post-repair inspections of the lap joints. Accomplishing the modification ends the repetitive inspections required by the existing AD for the length of lap joint that is modified. This AD results from a structural review of affected skin lap joints for widespread fatigue damage. We are issuing this AD to prevent fatigue cracking in certain lap joints, which could result in rapid depressurization of the airplane.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2010-10-05 applies to

MakesThe Boeing Company

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

Applies to airplanes identified in Boeing Service Bulletin 747-53A2367, Revision 3, dated January 15, 2009. Airplanes with line number 629, 635, 637, 650, 666, 667, 673, 675, 683, 713, 750, or 810 are Group 5 airplanes.

Whether AD 2010-10-05 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 2010-10-05 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.