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Airworthiness Directive 00-3625

recurring
AD 00-3625 · 2000-02-17 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Fairchild Aircraft, Inc. SA226 and SA227 Series Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes Airworthiness Directive (AD) 97-23- 01, which currently requires the following on Fairchild Aircraft, Inc. (Fairchild Aircraft) SA226 and SA227 series airplanes that are equipped with a certain Simmonds-Precision pitch trim actuator or a certain Barber-Colman pitch trim actuator: repetitively measuring the freeplay of the pitch trim actuator and repetitively inspecting the actuator for rod slippage; immediately replacing any actuator if certain freeplay limitations are exceeded or rod slippage is evident; and eventually replacing the actuator regardless of the inspection results. This AD retains the actions of AD 97-23-01, and adds these requirements on airplanes with different design pitch trim actuators installed. This AD is the result of the manufacturer developing different design pitch trim actuators and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determining that these actuators should be subject to the actions of AD 97-23-01. The actions specified by this AD are intended to detect excessive freeplay or rod slippage in the pitch trim actuator, which, if not detected and corrected, could result in pitch trim actuator failure and possible loss of control of the airplane.

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

Which aircraft AD 00-3625 applies to

MakesFairchild
ModelsSA226, SA227

equipped with

Whether AD 00-3625 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 00-3625 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.