64-06-03: Flight Spoiler Actuators
FAA order 64-06-03 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Flight Spoiler Actuators. It names Boeing 727: about 37 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: other and general.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- The Boeing Company
- Models
- 727-100 Series, 727-100C Series, 727-200 Series, 727-200F Series, 727 Series, 727C Series
- On this site
- Boeing 727 37 registered
Dates and paperwork
- Docket
- Unknown
- Status
- Current
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
The order itself the regulatory text, as published
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64-06-03\tBOEING: Amdt. 708 Part 507 Federal Register March 19, 1964. Applies to All Models of the 727 Series Aircraft Listed in Boeing Alert Service Bulletin No. 27-18.\n \n\tCompliance required as indicated. \n\n\t(a)\tConduct daily visual inspection of rod end fittings P/N 907 008 001 on all flight spoiler actuators. Pay particular attention near the runout end of the keyway slot cut into the eye portion of the fitting. \n\n\t(b)\tOn airplanes with 350 or more hours' time in service, within the next 25 hours' time in service unless already accomplished, turn rod end out one-half turn to relieve hold down load in affected actuator rod end fittings. Continue daily inspections.\n \n\t(c)\tReplace cracked parts and continue daily inspections. \n\n\t(d)\tThe special inspections noted in (a), (b), and (c) may be discontinued when FAA Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Western Region approved redesign and revised rigging procedures are incorporated. \n\n\t(Boeing Alert Service Bulletin No. 27-18 covers this same subject.) \n\n\tThis directive effective upon publication in the Federal Register for all persons except those to whom it was made effective immediately by telegram dated March 4, 1964.
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Source: FAA Dynamic Regulatory System, airworthiness directives. The FAA's document is the authority; the register counts are this site's, from the FAA register of November 6, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/64-06-03.json · aircraft systems.