Boeing 787-8 — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
75 Boeing 787-8s are on the U.S. registry. Here’s what a records review covers for one — the Airworthiness Directives that apply, the known trouble spots, and the checklist a buyer or owner should hold every logbook against.
Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Boeing 787-8
- one-timeAD 2026-13217 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2026-06-30
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by the determination that radio altimeters cannot be relied upon to perform their intended function if they experience interference fro…
- one-timeAD 2025-17984 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2025-09-17
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report indicating that the oxygen supply tubing can become kinked when certain passenger service unit (PSU) oxygen panel assemblie…
- one-timeAD 2025-02143 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2025-02-04
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of operators receiving No. 1 flight compartment windows that may not meet type design requirements for withstanding a bird …
- one-timeAD 2024-27596 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2024-11-26
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report that during manufacture of drag brace lower lock link assemblies for the main landing gear (MLG), a certain required inspec…
- one-timeAD 2024-23114 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2024-10-08
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a determination that the flight deck door decompression panel can strike the captain's seat headrest if a flight deck or below the f…
- one-timeAD 2024-18625 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2024-08-20
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of heat damage on multiple engine inlets around the engine anti-ice (EAI) duct within the inlet aft compartment. This AD re…
- one-timeAD 2023-21673 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2023-10-02
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2020-24- 04, which applied to all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. AD 2020-24-04 required revising the existing airplane flight manual (AFM) to incorporate procedures for an approach with a localizer-…
- one-timeAD 2023-13154 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2023-06-21
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2022-02- 16, which applied to all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. AD 2022-02-16 required revising the limitations and operating procedures sections of the existing airplane flight manual (AFM) to inc…
- recurringAD 2023-12405 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2023-06-09
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of damaged decompression panels from operators. This AD requires repetitive inspections for damaged fastener holes on the ve…
- one-timeAD 2023-07090 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2023-04-07
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of ram air turbine (RAT) pump barrel assembly failures, which caused the RAT to fail to provide hydraulic power. The failure…
- one-timeAD 2022-27020 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2022-12-14
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report indicating that foreign object debris (FOD) could have been introduced during rework of certain engine fire shutoff switche…
- one-timeAD 2022-01030 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2022-01-19
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a determination that radio altimeters cannot be relied upon to perform their intended function if they experience interference from …
- recurringAD 2021-08225 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2021-04-20
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2021-02- 19, which applied to certain The Boeing Company Model 787-8, -9, and - 10 airplanes. AD 2021-02-19 required repetitive general visual inspections for disengaged or damaged decompression panels of the bilge barriers loca…
- one-timeAD 2021-03567 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2021-02-23
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2019-02- 03, which applied to all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. AD 2019-02-03 required revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive…
- one-timeAD 2020-27507 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2020-12-14
The FAA is correcting an airworthiness directive (AD) that published in the Federal Register. That AD applies to all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. As published, the regulatory text of the AD included errors in certain references to the airplane flig…
- one-timeAD 2020-26680 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2020-12-03
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD requires revising the existing airplane flight manual (AFM) to incorporate procedures for conducting an approach with a localizer- based navigation …
- one-timeAD 2020-22236 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2020-10-09
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directives (ADs) 2015-14- 07, 2016-07-10, and 2016-24-09. AD 2015-14-07 applied to certain The Boeing Company Model 787-8 airplanes. AD 2016-07-10 and AD 2016-24-09 applied to all The Boeing Company Model 787-8 and 787-9 airplanes. ADs 2015-14…
- recurringAD 2020-06092 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2020-03-23
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD requires repetitive cycling of the airplane electrical power. This AD was prompted by a report that the stale-data monitoring function of the common…
- one-timeAD 2019-26736 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2019-12-12
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 737-300, -400, -500, -600, -700, -700C, -800, -900, and -900ER series airplanes; Model 757 series airplanes; Model 767 series airplanes; Model 777 series airplanes; and Model 787-8 and 787-9 a…
- recurringAD 2019-22390 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2019-10-11
The FAA is adopting an airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD requires repetitive operational checks of the leading edge (LE) outboard (OB) slats and applicable on-condition actions. This AD also requires revising…
- one-timeAD 2019-02160 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2019-02-15
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787 series airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of an uncommanded descent and turn that occurred after an inflight switch to the spare flight management function (FMF). This AD requires an …
- one-timeAD 2019-01244 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2019-02-07
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. This …
- one-timeAD 2018-23690 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2018-11-05
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787 series airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports that, under certain conditions, the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) out function and air traffic control/ traffic alert and…
- one-timeAD 2018-23036 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2018-10-24
We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-01-02, which applied to certain The Boeing Company Model 787-8 and 787-9 airplanes. AD 2017-01-02 required an inspection for discrepant inboard and outboard trailing edge flap rotary actuators, and replacing the rotary actuator…
- one-timeAD 2018-09747 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2018-05-11
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8 airplanes. This AD requires inspecting the part number of the occupant restraint system on the standard attendant seats, and doing additional inspections and corrective actions if necessary.…
- one-timeAD 2018-07629 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2018-04-16
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8 and 787-9 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report that the parking brake and alternate pitch trim module (PBM) may unintentionally disengage. This AD requires replacing the PBM and doing…
- one-timeAD 2018-04259 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2018-03-07
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8 and 787-9 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a flight test report indicating that the crew oxygen masks in the flight deck did not deploy correctly. This AD requires an inspection at four lo…
- recurringAD 2016-29064 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2016-12-02
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8 and 787-9 airplanes. This AD requires repetitive cycling of either the airplane electrical power or the power to the three flight control modules (FCMs). This AD was prompted by a report ind…
- one-timeAD 2016-12847 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2016-06-07
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787 airplanes. This AD was prompted by the disclosure that the inner diameters of some batches of landing gear pins were not shot peened in accordance with design specifications, and need to be re…
- one-timeAD 2016-07190 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2016-04-01
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8 and 787-9 airplanes. This AD requires revising the airplane flight manual (AFM) to instruct the flightcrew to avoid abrupt flight control inputs in response to sudden drops in airspeed, and …
- one-timeAD 2015-24145 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2015-09-29
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of a potential latent failure of the fuel shutoff valve actuator circuitry, which was not identified during actuator development. This AD requires …
- recurringAD 2015-10066 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2015-05-01
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787 airplanes. This AD requires a repetitive maintenance task for electrical power deactivation on Model 787 airplanes. This AD was prompted by the determination that a Model 787 airplane that has…
- one-timeAD 2013-04004 — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes · 2013-02-22
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8 airplanes. This emergency AD was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of these airplanes. This AD requires modification of the battery system, or other actions. This AD was…
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 85 serial/mod-conditional ADs that actually apply to your aircraft come from its digitized logbooks — that’s the verified report.
The records checklist for a Boeing 787-8
Enter a tail number and Tailplate reads its logbooks against this list — every AD matched to compliance evidence, next-due dates computed, damage history pulled, and a records-adjusted value.
Look up a tail number →or see the free AD listApplicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and the aircraft’s type certificate; it is advisory and not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.