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Airworthiness Directive 99-8329

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AD 99-8329 · 1999-04-07 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9 and C-9 (Military) Series Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9 and C-9 (military) series airplanes. This amendment requires repetitive inspections to detect fatigue cracking of the fuselage frames and longerons 16R and 17R above the forward lower cargo door; repair, if necessary; and modification of the fuselage frames and longerons, if necessary, and follow-on repetitive inspections to detect fatigue cracking of the skin adjacent to the modification. This amendment is prompted by numerous instances of fatigue cracking of the fuselage frames and longerons. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent fatigue cracking of the fuselage frames and longerons 16R and 17R, which could result in reduced structural integrity 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 99-8329 applies to

MakesMcdonnell Douglas
ModelsC-9

certain

Whether AD 99-8329 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 99-8329 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.