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Airworthiness Directive 2002-10-14

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Official AD 2002-10-14 · FR doc 02-13186 · 2002-05-28 · reciprocating engine

Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier-Rotax GmbH 914 F Series Reciprocating Engines

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Bombardier-Rotax GmbH 914 F series reciprocating engines. This action requires initial and repetitive inspections of certain exhaust bend assemblies, which are located between the cylinder heads and exhaust manifold assembly. This amendment is prompted by reports of cracks found in exhaust bend assemblies. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent carbon monoxide from entering the cabin and also to prevent the possibility of an engine fire.

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 2002-10-14 applies to

MakesBombardier-Rotax
Models914

Captured applicability text is boilerplate only ("applies to each engine identified in the preceding applicability provision"); the actual make/model list precedes this excerpt and is not included. Referenced service document is Bombardier-Rotax SB No. SB-914-017 (May 2001), covering exhaust bend assembly cracking/carbon-monoxide leakage near the EGT bosses, with repetitive 50-hour TIS visual inspections.

Whether AD 2002-10-14 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 2002-10-14 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.