Is AD 2015-08-09 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2015-08-09 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2015-08-09 apply to?

AD 2015-08-09 applies to The Boeing Company — models 737-600, 737-700, 737. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2015-08-09

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Official AD 2015-08-09 · FR doc 2015-09805 · 2015-04-30 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 737-600 and -700 series airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of cracking in the body station (STA) 727 bulkhead lower frame. This AD requires a detailed and open hole high frequency eddy current (HFEC) inspection of the left- and right-side lower frame webs and inner chords for cracking, and corrective actions and preventative modifications if necessary. This AD also provides for optional terminating action of the repetitive inspections, under certain conditions. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct cracking in a bulkhead lower frame web and inner chord, which could result in a severed frame and induced skin cracks, and could lead to rapid decompression of the fuselage.

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 2015-08-09 applies to

MakesThe Boeing Company

Models737-600, 737-700, 737

Applies to airplanes identified in Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 737-53A1325, dated December 3, 2013. Installation of STC ST00830SE does not affect the ability to accomplish the required actions; no 'change in product' AMOC approval is necessary for airplanes with that STC installed.

Whether AD 2015-08-09 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 2015-08-09 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.