88-25-01: Distance Measuring Equipment
FAA order 88-25-01 is an airworthiness directive in force since December 20, 1988. The FAA's subject line: Distance Measuring Equipment. It names Boeing 727, Boeing 737, Boeing 747, British Aerospace AVRO 146, British Aerospace BAE 146: about 3,152 aircraft on the U.S. register today across them, 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
- Appliance
- Makes
- BAE Systems (Operations) Limited; Bendix/King; The Boeing Company; Fokker Services
- Models
- Avro 146-RJ100A, Avro 146-RJ70A, Avro 146-RJ85A, BAe 146-100A, BAe 146-200A, BAe 146-300A, Distance Measuring Equipment, 727-100 Series, 727-100C Series, 727-200 Series, 727-200F Series, 727 Series, 727C Series, 737-100 Series, 737-200 Series, 737-200C Series, 737-300 Series, 737-400 Series, 737-500 Series, 737-600 Series, 737-700 Series, 737-700C Series, 737-800 Series, 737-900 Series, 747-100 Series, 747-100B Series, 747-100B SUD Series, 747-200B Series, 747-200C Series, 747-200F Series, 747-300 Series, 747-400 Series, 747-400D Series, 747-400F Series, 747SP Series, 747SR Series,...
- On this site
- Boeing 727 37 registered
Boeing 737 2,896 registered
Boeing 747 192 registered
British Aerospace AVRO 146 12 registered
British Aerospace BAE 146 15 registered
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- December 20, 1988
- 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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88-25-01 BENDIX/KING: Amendment 39-6073. Applies to Model KDM 7000B Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), Part Number 066-1019-21/-23/-26/-33/-43/-57, (Serial Numbers 21855 through and including 22526) certificated to the applicable requirements of Technical Standard Order C66a, installed in, but not limited to, Boeing 727 series, 737 series, 747 series, British Aerospace Model 146, Fokker Models F-27 and F-28, and McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series airplanes. \n\n\tCompliance: Required as indicated in the body of the AD, unless already accomplished. \n\n\tTo prevent uncommanded channeling of the associated VOR/Localizer/Glideslope navigation receiver and resultant erroneous navigation data with no warning information, accomplish the following: \n\n\t(a)\tFor affected KDM 7000B distance measuring equipment units, prior to installation in an aircraft, or if already installed in an aircraft, within the next 50 hours time-in-service following the effective date of this AD, modify the KDM 7000B DME in accordance with the instructions contained in Bendix/King Alert Service Bulletin KDM 7000B-34-14, dated November 4, 1988. This modification must be accomplished by a properly rated certified repair station. \n\n\t(b)\tAirplanes may be flown in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulation 21.197 to a location where this AD may be accomplished. \n\n\t(c)\tAn equivalent means of compliance with this AD may be used if approved by the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, 1801 Airport Road, Room 100, Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209. \n\n\tAll persons affected by this directive may obtain copies of the document referred to herein upon request to Allied-Signal Aerospace Sector, Bendix/King Air Transport Avionics Division, P.O. Box 9327, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33310; or may examine the document referred to herein at the FAA, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, Room 1558, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. \n\n\tThis amendment, 39-6073, becomes effective on December 20, 1988.
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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/88-25-01.json · aircraft systems.
