Is AD 2002-19-05 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2002-19-05 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2002-19-05 apply to?

AD 2002-19-05 applies to Bell — models 212. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2002-19-05

one-time

Official AD 2002-19-05 · FR doc 02-24180 · 2002-09-25 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Model 212 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (BHTI) Model 212 helicopters that currently requires, at specified intervals, inspecting for a cracked tail boom and replacing any cracked tail boom. That AD also requires modifying the tail fin and tail boom within 100 hours time-in- service (TIS). This amendment requires modifying and visually inspecting certain vertical fin left-hand spar caps for cracking, loose fasteners, corrosion, or disbonding. If corrosion or loose fasteners are found, this AD requires repairing the vertical fin left-hand spar cap (spar cap) and if a crack or disbonding is found, replacing any cracked or disbonded part with an airworthy part. This AD also requires replacing certain spar caps within 24 months. This AD is prompted by an accident and four failures of the spar cap involving helicopters of similar type design. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of a vertical fin spar, loss of a tail rotor, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2002-19-05 applies to

MakesBell

Models212

Part-conditional — 212-030-125-001, 212-704-087, 212-030-447-001, 212-030-447-101, 212-030-447-117S.

Vertical fin spar cap crack/corrosion/disbonding inspection, modification, and eventual replacement with cold-expansion spar cap P/N 212-030-447-117S, per Bell ASB 212-00-110 Rev A (Model 212).

Whether AD 2002-19-05 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 2002-19-05 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.