Is AD 2002-14-17 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2002-14-17 requires a repetitive inspection every 15 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2002-14-17 apply to?

AD 2002-14-17 applies to Eurocopter — models EC135. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2002-14-17

recurring

Official AD 2002-14-17 · FR doc 02-17300 · 2002-07-11 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH Model EC135 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH (ECD) (Eurocopter) Model EC135 helicopters, that currently requires initial and repetitive visual inspections and a one-time dye-penetrant inspection of a certain main rotor hub shaft (shaft) for cracks, and replacement of any cracked shafts. This amendment requires the same actions as the existing AD, but corrects the shaft part number (P/N) in the current AD, includes additional P/N's, increases the area of inspection from a 40mm area to a 50mm area of the shaft, and provides an option for using either a visual or dye-penetrant inspection to satisfy the repetitive inspection requirement. This amendment is prompted by the need to correct the shaft part number and increase the area of inspection, as well as add additional affected shaft P/N's. The actions specified by this AD are intended to detect fatigue cracks in the shaft that could lead to shaft failure and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 15 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 2002-14-17 applies to

MakesEurocopter

ModelsEC135

Fatigue-crack inspection (visual and dye-penetrant) of a shaft per Eurocopter ASB EC135-62A-004 Rev 3 (Model EC135); referenced German LBA AD 1999-185/4.

Whether AD 2002-14-17 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 2002-14-17 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.