Is AD 02-14696 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 02-14696 requires a repetitive inspection every 50 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Airworthiness Directive 02-14696

Q: Which aircraft does AD 02-14696 apply to?

AD 02-14696 applies to Textron Lycoming — models O-320-H1AD, O-320-H1BD, O-320-H2AD, O-320-H2BD, O-320-H3AD, O-320-H3BD, O-320. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

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AD 02-14696 · 2002-06-18 · reciprocating engine

Airworthiness Directives; Textron Lycoming Reciprocating Engines

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes emergency airworthiness directive (AD) 2000-18-53 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of certain Textron Lycoming reciprocating engines. That action required before further flight after receipt of that emergency AD, replacement of the oil filter converter plate gasket or the converter plate kit. That action also required, within 10 hours time- in-service (TIS) or within 3 days after the effective date of that emergency AD, inspection of the oil filter base for signs of oil leakage and evidence of gasket extrusion. That action also required replacement of the converter plate gasket at intervals not to exceed 50 hours TIS since the last replacement of the gasket. This amendment requires the same replacements and inspection, and introduces the installation of an improved design gasket or converter plate kit as terminating action for the repetitive gasket replacements. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent complete loss of engine oil and subsequent seizing of the engine and possibility of fire, caused by oil leakage between the converter plate and accessory housing.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 50 hours. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 02-14696 applies to

MakesTextron Lycoming

ModelsO-320-H1AD, O-320-H1BD, O-320-H2AD, O-320-H2BD, O-320-H3AD, O-320-H3BD, O-320

Part-conditional — LW-13904, LW13388.

Applies to O-320 -H1AD/-H1BD/-H2AD/-H2BD/-H3AD/-H3BD engines shipped from the factory between April 1, 1999 and October 4, 2000, or that were rebuilt, overhauled, or had the oil filter converter plate kit P/N LW-13904 or gasket P/N LW13388 replaced.

Whether AD 02-14696 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 02-14696 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.