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    Airworthiness Directive: 2006-21-01 Boeing: Amendment 39-14784. Docket No. FAA-2006-23815 Directorate Identifier

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    This airworthiness directive from the FAA requires inspections and lubrication of aileron balance tabs on Boeing 737 aircraft models. Measurements of tab freeplay must occur within 18 months and then every 6,000-8,000 flight hours or 24 months. Lubrication is required within 9 months and then every 3,000-4,000 flight hours or 9-12 months. Any out of limit measurements require corrective action before further flight. The directive aims to prevent excessive vibration that could cause loss of aircraft control.

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    Airworthiness Directive: 2006-21-01 Boeing: Amendment 39-14784. Docket No. FAA-2006-23815 Directorate Identifier

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    This airworthiness directive from the FAA requires inspections and lubrication of aileron balance tabs on Boeing 737 aircraft models. Measurements of tab freeplay must occur within 18 months and then every 6,000-8,000 flight hours or 24 months. Lubrication is required within 9 months and then every 3,000-4,000 flight hours or 9-12 months. Any out of limit measurements require corrective action before further flight. The directive aims to prevent excessive vibration that could cause loss of aircraft control.

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    This airworthiness directive from the FAA requires inspections and lubrication of aileron balance tabs on Boeing 737 aircraft models. Measurements of tab freeplay must occur within 18 months and then every 6,000-8,000 flight hours or 24 months. Lubrication is required within 9 months and then every 3,000-4,000 flight hours or 9-12 months. Any out of limit measurements require corrective action before further flight. The directive aims to prevent excessive vibration that could cause loss of aircraft control.

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    Airworthiness Directive: 2006-21-01 Boeing: Amendment 39-14784. Docket No. FAA-2006-23815 Directorate Identifier

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    This airworthiness directive from the FAA requires inspections and lubrication of aileron balance tabs on Boeing 737 aircraft models. Measurements of tab freeplay must occur within 18 months and then every 6,000-8,000 flight hours or 24 months. Lubrication is required within 9 months and then every 3,000-4,000 flight hours or 9-12 months. Any out of limit measurements require corrective action before further flight. The directive aims to prevent excessive vibration that could cause loss of aircraft control.

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    AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE U.S.

    Department
    of Transportation

    www.faa.gov/aircraft/safety/alerts/ Federal Aviation


    Administration
    www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html

    2006-21-01 Boeing: Amendment 39-14784. Docket No. FAA-2006-23815; Directorate Identifier


    2005-NM-222-AD.

    Effective Date

    (a) This AD becomes effective November 14, 2006.

    Affected ADs

    (b) None.

    Applicability

    (c) This AD applies to all Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, -500, -600, -700, -
    700C, -800, and -900 series airplanes; certificated in any category.

    Unsafe Condition

    (d) This AD results from reports of freeplay-induced vibration of the aileron balance tab. The
    potential for vibration of the control surface should be avoided because the point of transition from
    vibration to divergent flutter is unknown. We are issuing this AD to prevent excessive vibration of
    the airframe during flight, which could result in loss of control of the airplane.

    Compliance

    (e) You are responsible for having the actions required by this AD performed within the
    compliance times specified, unless the actions have already been done.

    Service Bulletin References

    (f) The term ''service bulletin,'' as used in this AD, means the Accomplishment Instructions of the
    following service bulletins, as applicable:
    (1) For Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes: Boeing
    Special Attention Service Bulletin 737-27-1272, dated September 29, 2005.
    (2) For Boeing Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800 and -900 series airplanes: Boeing Special
    Attention Service Bulletin 737-27-1273, dated September 29, 2005.

    Repetitive Measurements

    (g) Within 24 months after the date of issuance of the original standard airworthiness certificate
    or the date of issuance of the original export certificate of airworthiness, or 18 months after the
    effective date of the AD, whichever is later: Measure the freeplay of both aileron control balance
    tabs. Repeat the measurement thereafter at the applicable interval in paragraph (g)(1) or (g)(2) of this
    AD. Do all actions required by this paragraph in accordance with the applicable service bulletin.

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    (1) For Boeing Model 737-100, -200, and -200C series airplanes: At intervals not to exceed
    6,000 flight hours or 24 months, whichever occurs first.
    (2) For Boeing Model 737-300, -400, -500, -600, -700, -700C, -800 and -900 series airplanes: At
    intervals not to exceed 8,000 flight hours or 24 months, whichever occurs first.

    Related Investigative and Corrective Actions

    (h) If any measurement found in paragraph (g) of this AD is outside the acceptable limits
    specified in the service bulletin: Before further flight, do the applicable related investigative and
    corrective actions in accordance with the applicable service bulletin.

    Repetitive Lubrication

    (i) Within 9 months after the date of issuance of the original standard airworthiness certificate or
    the date of issuance of the original export certificate of airworthiness, or within 9 months after the
    effective date of this AD, whichever is later: Lubricate the aileron balance tab components specified
    in the applicable service bulletin. Repeat the lubrication thereafter at the applicable interval in
    paragraph (i)(1), (i)(2), or (i)(3) of this AD. Do all actions required by this paragraph in accordance
    with the applicable service bulletin.
    (1) For Boeing Model 737-100, -200, and -200C series airplanes: At intervals not to exceed
    3,000 flight hours or 9 months, whichever occurs first.
    (2) For Boeing Model 737-300, -400, -500, -600, -700, -700C, -800, and -900 series airplanes, on
    which BMS 3-33 grease is not already in use prior to the time the lubrication task is being
    accomplished: At intervals not to exceed 3,000 flight hours or 9 months, whichever occurs first.
    (3) For Boeing Model 737-300, -400, -500, -600, -700, -700C, -800, and -900 series airplanes, on
    which BMS 3-33 grease is already in use prior to the time the lubrication task is being accomplished:
    At intervals not to exceed 4,000 flight hours or 12 months, whichever occurs first.

    Concurrent Repetitive Cycles

    (j) If a freeplay measurement required by paragraph (g) of this AD and a lubrication cycle
    required by paragraph (i) of this AD are due at the same time or will be accomplished during the
    same maintenance visit, the freeplay measurement and applicable related investigative and corrective
    actions must be done before the lubrication is accomplished.

    Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs)

    (k)(1) The Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office (ACO), FAA, has the authority to
    approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested in accordance with the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19.
    (2) Before using any AMOC approved in accordance with § 39.19 on any airplane to which the
    AMOC applies, notify the appropriate principal inspector in the FAA Flight Standards Certificate
    Holding District Office.
    (3) An AMOC that provides an acceptable level of safety may be used for any repair required by
    this AD, if it is approved by an Authorized Representative for the Boeing Commercial Airplanes
    Delegation Option Authorization Organization who has been authorized by the Manager, Seattle
    ACO, to make those findings. For a repair method to be approved, the repair must meet the
    certification basis of the airplane, and the approval must specifically refer to this AD.

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    Material Incorporated by Reference

    (l) You must use Boeing Special Attention Service Bulletin 737-27-1272, dated September 29,
    2005; or Boeing Special Attention Service Bulletin 737-27-1273, dated September 29, 2005; as
    applicable; to perform the actions that are required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise.
    The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of these documents in
    accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Contact Boeing Commercial Airplanes, P.O.
    Box 3707, Seattle, Washington 98124-2207, for a copy of this service information. You may review
    copies at the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street
    SW., Room PL-401, Nassif Building, Washington, DC; on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov; or at the
    National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this
    material at the NARA, call (202) 741-6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_
    of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.

    Issued in Renton, Washington, on September 28, 2006.


    Kalene C. Yanamura,
    Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
    [FR Doc. E6-16553 Filed 10-6-06; 8:45 am]

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