# Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2017-08-25 · Effective 2017-09-29 · 82 FR 40477
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-17399
- **Category:** airworthiness
- **Manufacturer:** The Boeing Company
- **Type:** Rule
- **Action:** Final rule.
- **Citation:** 82 FR 40477
- **Publication date:** 2017-08-25
- **Effective date:** 2017-09-29
- **FAA docket:** Docket No. FAA-2017-0128
## Abstract

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 737-300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This AD was prompted by a manufacturer's review that showed that the fuel tank access door at a certain wing buttock line did not have an engineered ground path with the mating wing structure. This AD requires replacing the fuel tank access door, doing a check of the electrical bond, doing related investigative and corrective actions if necessary, and revising the maintenance or inspection program by incorporating an airworthiness limitation (AWL). We are issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/08/25/2017-17399/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes)
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