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AD 79-05-04 ACTIVE

Auxiliary Fuel Tanks
Key Information
AD Number 79-05-04 Status Active
Effective Date March 15, 1979 Issue Date Not specified
Docket Number Unknown Amendment 39-3431
Product Type ["Aircraft"] Product Subtype ["Large Airplane"]
CFR Part --- - Part 39 CFR Section N/A
Citation This information is not available.
Applicability
Manufacturer(s) The Boeing Company
Model(s) 747-200B Series 747-200C Series 747-200F Series
Regulatory Text

79-05-04 BOEING: Amendment 39-3431. Applies to Boeing 747-200 series airplanes, Serial Numbers 20237, 20238, 20239, 20556, 20557, 21054, 21140, 21189, 21190, and 21237, equipped with auxiliary fuel tanks Number 1 and Number 4. \n\tUnless modified in accordance with Boeing Service Bulletin 747-28-2067 dated November 11, 1977, or Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 747-28-A2091, Revision 1, dated February 5, 1979, or later FAA approved revisions, accomplish the following: \n\tA.\tDiscontinue immediately the use of auxiliary fuel tanks Number 1 and Number 4; \n\tB.\tDrain fuel from those tanks; and \n\tC.\tOpen and collar the associated tank pump circuit breakers. \n\tEquivalent inspections and repairs may be used when approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA Northwest Region, 9010 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, Washington 98108. Compliance with the revised alert bulletin requirements is considered satisfactory terminating action for this Airworthiness Directive. \n\tThemanufacturer's specifications and procedures identified and described in this directive are incorporated herein and made a part hereof pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1). \n\tAll persons affected by this directive who have not already received these documents from the manufacturer, may obtain copies upon request to Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, Washington 98124. These documents may also be examined at FAA Northwest Region, 9010 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, Washington 98108. \n\n\tThis amendment becomes effective March 15, 1979, and was effective earlier for all recipients of the telegram dated December 22, 1978.