Is AD 2000-16-52 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2000-16-52 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2000-16-52 apply to?

AD 2000-16-52 applies to Eurocopter. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2000-16-52

one-time

Official AD 2000-16-52 · FR doc 00-23584 · 2000-09-14 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model AS350B3 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2000-16-52 which was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of Eurocopter France (ECF) Model AS350B3 helicopters by individual letters. This AD requires visually inspecting the heat shield attachment areas on the tail rotor drive shaft forward fairing (fairing) for a crack. This AD also requires, at specified time intervals, removing the fairing and inspecting the heat shield attachment areas on the fairing for a crack. If a crack is found, this AD requires replacing the fairing with an airworthy fairing. This amendment is prompted by an in-flight loss of the fairing heat shield due to cracking in the areas where the heat shield is attached to the fairing. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent an in-flight loss of the heat shield, impact with tail or main rotor blades, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2000-16-52 applies to

MakesEurocopter

Requires daily visual inspection of the fairing at heat-shield attachment areas for cracks, plus a recurring 50-hour TIS removal/inspection, per Eurocopter Service Telex 05.00.35; finalized Emergency AD 2000-16-52. Specific model designation not present in retrieved text segment (lead-in applicability paragraph not captured).

Whether AD 2000-16-52 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 2000-16-52 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.