Document Headings
Document headings vary by document type but may contain
the following:
•
the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document
•
the number of the CFR title and the number of each part
the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly
related to
•
the agency docket number / agency internal file number
•
the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in
the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory
Actions
See the
Document Drafting Handbook
for more details.
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
• 14 CFR Part 39
• [Docket No. FAA-2026-0010; Project Identifier AD-2025-01181-T]
• RIN 2120-AA64
AGENCY:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION:
Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
SUMMARY:
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 737-700, -700C, -800, -900, and -900ER series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of cracks in the outward lower wing skin at the outboard end of a certain stringer. This proposed AD would require an inspection of the outboard lower wing skin on the left and right wing for any repair, repetitive inspections for cracking and applicable on-condition actions. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
DATES:
The FAA must receive comments on this proposed AD by February 26, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
You may send comments, using the procedures found in 14 CFR 11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following methods:
•
Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Go to
regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
•
Fax:
202-493-2251.
•
Mail:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
•
Hand Delivery:
Deliver to Mail address above between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
AD Docket:
You may examine the AD docket at
regulations.gov
under Docket No. FAA-2026-0010; or in person at Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD docket
( printed page 1105)
contains this NPRM, any comments received, and other information. The street address for Docket Operations is listed above.
Material Incorporated by Reference:
• For Aviation Partners Boeing material identified in this proposed AD, contact Aviation Partners Boeing, 555 Andover Park West, Suite 200, Tukwila WA 98188; telephone 206-830-7699; email:certification@aviationpartners.com;
website
aviationpartnersboeing.com.
• For Boeing material identified in this proposed AD, contact Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Attention: Contractual & Data Services (C&DS), 2600 Westminster Blvd., MC 110-SK57, Seal Beach, CA 90740-5600; telephone 562-797-1717; websitemyboeingfleet.com.
• You may view this material at the FAA, Airworthiness Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA. For information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call 206-231-3195. Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin 737-57A1356 RB, dated May 14, 2025, is also available atregulations.gov
under Docket No. FAA-2026-0010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Owen Bley-Male, FAA, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA 98198; phone: 206-231-3992; email:
ow…
Fonte: Federal Register (federalregister.gov). Texto original em inglês.