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89-22-13: Engine Throttle Cables

FAA order 89-22-13 is an airworthiness directive in force since November 20, 1989. The FAA's subject line: Engine Throttle Cables. It names Boeing 757: about 440 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: engine.

What it applies to as the FAA lists it

Kind of product
Aircraft
Makes
The Boeing Company
Models
757-200 Series, 757-200CB Series, 757-200PF Series, 757-300 Series
On this site
Boeing 757 440 registered

Dates and paperwork

In force since
November 20, 1989
Docket
89-NM-103-AD
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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89-22-13 BOEING: Amendment 39-6362. Docket No. 89-NM-103-AD \n\tApplicability: Model 757 series airplanes equipped with Pratt and Whitney engines, listed in Boeing Service Bulletin 757-76-0006, dated March 16, 1989, certificated in any category. \n\n\tCompliance: Required within the next 12 months after the effective date of this AD, unless previously accomplished. \n\n\tTo prevent the elevator control cables binding on the engine throttle control cable fairleads, accomplish the following: \n\n\t\tA.\tRemove two engine throttle control cable fairleads in accordance with Boeing Service Bulletin 757-76-0006, dated March 16, 1989. \n\n\t\tB.\tAn alternate means of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time, which provides an acceptable level of safety, may be used when approved by the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, Northwest Mountain Region. \n\n\tNOTE: The request should be forwarded through an FAA Principal Maintenance Inspector (PMI), who will either concur orcomment, and then send it to the Manager, Seattle Aircraft Office. \n\n\t\tC.\tSpecial flight permits may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate airplanes to a base in order to comply with the requirements of this AD. \n\n\tAll persons affected by this directive who have not already received the appropriate service documents from the manufacturer may obtain copies upon request to Boeing Commercial Airplanes, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, Washington 98124. These documents may be examined at the FAA, Northwest Mountain Region, Transport Airplane Directorate, 17900 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, Washington, or Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, 9010 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, Washington. \n\n\tThis amendment (39-6362, AD 89-22-13) becomes effective on November 20, 1989.

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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 October 30, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/89-22-13.json · aircraft systems.