McDonnell Douglas Corporation

• Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Corporation Airplanes

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Model DC-10-10, DC-10-10F, and MD-10-10F airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of three instances of fuel leaks in the lower cap splice of the wing rear spar at station Xors=409. Investigation revealed the fuel leak was due to a crack in the lower cap. If not corrected, this condition could result in fuel leaks or cracking of the lower wing skin and structure, causing possible inability of the structure to sustain the limit load and adversely affecting the structural integrity of the airplane. This AD requires repetitive inspections for cracking on the lower cap of the rear spar of the left and right wings between stations Xors=417 and the outboard edge of the lower cap splice of the wing rear spar at station Xors=400; ...

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 73491, November 29, 2011
• Rules and Regulations
• Transportation Department

• McDonnell Douglas Corporation & General Dynamics Corporation v. U.S., (2009)

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2007-5111, -5131 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, and GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPO...

• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

• Airworthiness Directives: McDonnell Douglas Corporation Model MD-90-30 Airplanes

• FR, April 26, 2010
• Proposed rules
• Federal Aviation Administration

• Northrop Corporation, Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Mcdonnell Douglas Corporation, Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant., 705 F.2d 1030 (9th Cir. 1983)

George L. Hecker, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, Los Angeles, Cal., for McDonnell Douglas Corp. John W. Chierichella, Eldon H. Crowell, Crowell & Mori...

• Federal Circuits

• Airworthiness Directives: McDonnell Douglas Corporation Model MD-90-30 Airplanes

• FR, July 01, 2010
• Proposed rules
• Federal Aviation Administration

• Mcdonnell Douglas Corporation, Appellant, v. United States Department of the Air Force and F. Whitten Peters, Secretary of the Air Force, Appellees., 375 F.3d 1182 (D.C. Cir. 2004)

Stephen S. Kaye argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant. Tricia S. Wellman, Senior Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause...

• Federal Circuits

• Airworthiness Directives: McDonnell Douglas Corporation Model MD 90-30 Airplanes

• FR, June 28, 2010
• Proposed rules
• Federal Aviation Administration

• Airworthiness Directives: McDonnell Douglas Corporation Model DC 10 10; et al.

• FR, July 07, 2010
• Proposed rules
• Federal Aviation Administration

• Mcdonnell Douglas Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, and General Dynamics Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States, Defendant-Cross Appellant., 323 F.3d 1006 (Fed. Cir. 2003)

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Jenner & Block, LLC, of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant General Dynamics Corporation. With him on the brief we...

• Federal Circuits

• Airworthiness Directives: McDonnell Douglas Corporation Model DC-10-10, DC-10-10F, and MD-10-10F Airplanes

• FR, June 23, 2010
• Rules
• Federal Aviation Administration