Is AD 2016-22-09 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2016-22-09 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2016-22-09 apply to?

AD 2016-22-09 applies to Boeing — models 757-200, 757-200CB, 757-200PF, 757. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2016-22-09

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Official AD 2016-22-09 · FR doc 2016-25958 · 2016-11-04 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2006-20-11 for certain The Boeing Company Model 757-200, -200CB, and -200PF series airplanes. AD 2006-20-11 required initial and repetitive detailed or high frequency eddy current (HFEC) inspections for cracks around the rivets at the upper fastener row of the skin lap splice of the fuselage, and repair of any crack found. This new AD no longer allows the detailed inspections and instead requires repetitive external HFEC inspections for cracking of the skin lap splices of the fuselage, and repair if necessary. This AD was prompted by an evaluation done by the design approval holder (DAH) indicating that the fuselage skin lap splice is subject to widespread fatigue damage (WFD). We are issuing this AD to detect and correct fatigue cracking at certain skin lap splice locations of the fuselage, which could result in reduced structural integrity and rapid decompression 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 2016-22-09 applies to

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Models757-200, 757-200CB, 757-200PF, 757

As identified in Boeing Special Attention Service Bulletin 757-53-0090, Revision 1, dated November 19, 2015. Installation of STC ST01518SE does not affect the ability to accomplish the AD actions; no change-in-product AMOC approval is necessary for airplanes with STC ST01518SE installed.

Whether AD 2016-22-09 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 2016-22-09 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.