Is AD 2000-14-16 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2000-14-16 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2000-14-16 apply to?

AD 2000-14-16 applies to Bell — models 407. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2000-14-16

one-time

Official AD 2000-14-16 · FR doc 00-18521 · 2000-07-25 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Model 407 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (BHTC) Model 407 helicopters. That AD requires installing a tail rotor pitch-limiting left-pedal stop (pedal stop), installing an airspeed limitation placard, marking a never-exceed velocity (Vne) placard on all airspeed indicators, and revising the Limitations section of the Rotorcraft Flight Manual (RFM). This AD requires installing a redesigned tail rotor system and modifying the vertical fin and horizontal stabilizer to allow restoring the Vne to 140 knots indicated airspeed (IAS). This AD is prompted by design changes to the tail rotor system and modification of the pedal stop for airspeed actuation to eliminate a tail rotor strike to the tailboom. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent the tail rotor blades from striking the tailboom, separation of the aft section of the tailboom with the tail rotor gearbox and vertical fin, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2000-14-16 applies to

MakesBell

Models407

Part-conditional — 407-070-201-103.

Left-pedal travel stop installation, directional control rigging, and replacement airspeed limitation placard (covering P/N 407-070-201-103) to prevent tail rotor blade/tailboom contact, per Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Technical Bulletin 407-98-13.

Whether AD 2000-14-16 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 2000-14-16 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.

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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.