Is AD 2000-10-17 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2000-10-17 requires a repetitive inspection every 1000 hours or 18 months. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2000-10-17 apply to?

AD 2000-10-17 applies to Boeing — models 747. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2000-10-17

recurring

Official AD 2000-10-17 · FR doc 00-12812 · 2000-05-26 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747 Series Airplanes Equipped With Pratt & Whitney JT9D-70 Series Engines

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747 series airplanes, that requires inspections, tests, and certain modifications of the thrust reverser control and indication system and wiring on each engine, and corrective action, if necessary. This amendment also requires installation of a terminating modification, and repetitive functional tests of that installation to detect discrepancies, and repair, if necessary. This amendment is prompted by the results of a safety review, which revealed that in-flight deployment of a thrust reverser could result in significant reduction in airplane controllability. The actions specified by this AD are intended to ensure the integrity of the fail- safe features of the thrust reverser system by preventing possible failure modes, which could result in inadvertent deployment of a thrust reverser during flight, and consequent reduced controllability of the airplane.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 1000 hours or 18 months. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2000-10-17 applies to

MakesBoeing

Models747

Applies to Model 747 airplanes with the thrust reverser control/indication system addressed by Boeing Service Bulletin 747-78A2149 (Revision 1 or 2) and Rohr Service Bulletin TBC-CNS 78-32 Revision 1; also references Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 747-78A2159. Addresses risk of inadvertent in-flight thrust reverser deployment via wiring inspection/modification and repetitive functional checks.

Whether AD 2000-10-17 actually applies to your aircraft (by serial and installed parts) and whether it’s already complied with comes from that aircraft’s records.

How AD compliance is recorded

A valid compliance record (14 CFR 43.9) states:

Method of compliance — The specific action taken (inspected, replaced, modified) and to what revision.

Date — When the work was done.

Aircraft time — Total time in service / tach at compliance — how recurring next-due is computed.

Signature & certificate — The A&P/IA who returned it to service, with certificate number.

Is AD 2000-10-17 complied with on your aircraft?

Tailplate reads a tail number’s logbooks and matches every applicable AD — including this one — to its compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates computed.

Look up a tail number →Read the full directive (Federal Register)

Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and is advisory, not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.