Is AD 2002-15-01 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2002-15-01 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2002-15-01 apply to?

AD 2002-15-01 applies to Diamond Aircraft Industries. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2002-15-01

one-time

Official AD 2002-15-01 · FR doc 02-22129 · 2002-08-30 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH Models HK 36 R “Super Dimona”, HK 36 TC, HK 36 TS, HK 36 TTC, HK 36 TTC-ECO, HK 36 TTC-ECO (Restricted Category), and HK 36 TTS Sailplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment clarifies information contained in Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2002-15-01, which currently requires you to inspect the long aileron push rods in both wings for damage and modify the push rods on all Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH (Diamond) Models H-36 "Dimona", HK 36 R "Super Dimona", HK 36 TC, HK 36 TS, HK 36 TTC, HK 36 TTC-ECO, HK 36 TTC-ECO (Restricted Category), and HK 36 TTS sailplanes. The Model H-36 "Dimona" sailplane has a different flight control system than the rest of the affected sailplanes. This particular flight control system makes it impossible for the Model H-36 "Dimona" sailplanes to be in compliance with AD 2002-15-01. This document deletes these sailplanes from the AD applicability. The actions specified by this AD are intended to detect and correct damage in the long aileron push control rods, which could result in failure of the aileron push rods and decreased control. Such failure could lead to aeroelastic flutter.

Which aircraft AD 2002-15-01 applies to

MakesDiamond Aircraft Industries

Specific sailplane model/serial applicability (paragraph (a)) not present in retrieved text; SB number (MSB36-72) suggests the Diamond HK36/H-36 Dimona family, not confirmed in text. Actions per Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH Service Bulletin No. MSB36-72 and Work Instruction No. WI-MSB36-72 (both dated Feb 1, 2002); revises AD 2002-15-01, Amendment 39-12829; referenced in Austrian AD No. 111.

Whether AD 2002-15-01 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 2002-15-01 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.