2024-18-02: Equipment/furnishings

1. The authority citation for part 39 continues to read as follows: Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701. 2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding the following new airworthiness directive: 2024-18-02 The Boeing Company: Amendment 39-22836; Docket No. FAA-2024-0218; Project Identifier AD-2023-00779-T. (a) Effective Date This airworthiness directive (AD) is effective November 12, 2024. (b) Affected ADs This AD affects AD 2016-19-04, Amendment 39-18653 (81 FR 65857, September 26, 2016) (AD 2016-19-04). (c) Applicability This AD applies to all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes, certificated in any category. (d) Subject Air Transport Association (ATA) of America Code 25, Equipment/furnishings. (e) Unsafe Condition 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 flight deck rapid decompression event occurs when the seat is in a certain position. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the possibility that the decompression panel could strike the captain's head or face. The unsafe condition, if not addressed, could result in serious or potentially fatal injury to the captain after a flight deck or below the flight deck rapid decompression event. (f) Compliance Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified, unless already done. (g) Required Actions For airplanes with an original certificate of airworthiness or original export certificate of airworthiness issued on or before the effective date of this AD, with a seat assembly having Boeing part number (P/N) S632Z301-21 (Ipeco P/N 3A380-0007-01-7) installed on the captain's side: Except as specified by paragraph (h) of this AD, at the applicable times specified in the "Compliance" paragraph of Boeing Special Attention Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB250294-00 RB, Issue 001, dated June 14, 2023, do all applicable actions identified in, and in accordance with, the Accomplishment Instructions of Boeing Special Attention Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB250294-00 RB, Issue 001, dated June 14, 2023. Note 1 to paragraph (g): Guidance for accomplishing the actions required by this AD can be found in Boeing Special Attention Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB250294-00, Issue 001, dated June 14, 2023, which is referred to in Boeing Special Attention Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB250294-00 RB, Issue 001, dated June 14, 2023. (h) Exceptions to Service Bulletin Specifications (1) Where the Boeing Recommended Compliance Time column of the table in the "Compliance" paragraph of Boeing Special Attention Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB250294-00 RB, Issue 001, dated June 14, 2023, refers to the Issue 001 date of Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB250294-00 RB, this AD requires using the effective date of this AD. (2) Where Boeing Special Attention Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB250294-00 RB, Issue 001, dated June 14, 2023, specifies replacement with captain's seat assemblies having Boeing P/N S632Z301-31 (Ipeco P/N 3A380-0007-01-8), this AD requires installing that part number or a later-approved part number. Later-approved part numbers are only those that are approved as a replacement for the applicable captain's seat assembly and are approved as part of the type design by the FAA or The Boeing Company Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) after June 14, 2023 (the issuance date of Boeing Special Attention Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB250294-00 RB, Issue 001). (i) Terminating Action for Certain Requirements of AD 2016-19-04 Replacement of the captain's seat assembly as required by paragraph (g) of this AD terminates the requirements of paragraph (h)(1) of AD 2016-19-04, for that captain's seat assembly only. (j) Parts Installation Prohibition As of the effective date of this AD, no person may install a captain's seat assembly, having Boeing P/N S632Z301-21 (Ipeco P/N 3A380-0007-01-7), on any airplane. (k) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs) (1) The Manager, AIR-520, Continued Operational Safety Branch, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your request to your principal inspector or responsible Flight Standards Office, as appropriate. If sending information directly to the manager of the certification office, send it to the attention of the person identified in paragraph (l)(1) of this AD. Information may be emailed to: [email protected]. (2) Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager of the responsible Flight Standards Office. (3) An AMOC that provides an acceptable level of safety may be used for any repair, modification, or alteration required by this AD if it is approved by The Boeing Company ODA that has been authorized by the Manager, AIR-520, Continued Operational Safety Branch, FAA, to make those findings. To be approved, the repair method, modification deviation, or alteration deviation must meet the certification basis of the airplane, and the approval must specifically refer to this AD. (l) Related Information (1) For more information about this AD, contact Nicole S. Tsang, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA 98198; telephone 206-231-3959; email [email protected]. (2) Material identified in this AD that is not incorporated by reference is available at the address specified in paragraph (m)(3) this AD. (m) Material Incorporated by Reference (1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference (IBR) of the material listed in this paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. (2) You must use this material as applicable to do the actions required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise. (i) Boeing Special Attention Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB250294-00 RB, Issue 001, dated June 14, 2023. (ii) [Reserved] (3) For Boeing material identified in this 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; website myboeingfleet.com. (4) 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. (5) You may view this material at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email [email protected] . Issued on September 3, 2024. Peter A. White, Deputy Director, Integrated Certificate Management Division, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 2024-23114 Filed 10-7-24; 8:45 am]BILLING CODE 4910-13-P