Is AD 2002-01-30 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2002-01-30 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2002-01-30 apply to?

AD 2002-01-30 applies to Eurocopter. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2002-01-30

one-time

Official AD 2002-01-30 · FR doc 02-2423 · 2002-02-01 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model SE 3130, SE 313B, SA 315B, SE 3160, SA 316B, SA 316C, SA 3180, SA 318B, SA 318C, and SA 319B Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter France (ECF) Model SE 3130, SE 313B, SA 315B, SE 3160, SA 316B, SA 316C, SA 3180, SA 318B, SA 318C, and SA 319B helicopters with a certain main gearbox (MGB) installed. This action requires inspecting the magnetic plug for magnetic particles at specified intervals in addition to the MGB inspections currently required. This AD also requires, within 50 hours time-in-service (TIS), dye-penetrant inspecting the MGB bevel gear for a crack, and if a crack is found, replacing the cracked bevel gear with an airworthy bevel gear before further flight. This amendment is prompted by an MGB failure due to a cracked bevel gear. This condition, if not corrected, could result in failure of the MGB, loss of the main rotor drive, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2002-01-30 applies to

MakesEurocopter

Main gearbox (MGB) bevel gear magnet-plug and dye-penetrant crack inspection per Eurocopter France Alert Service Bulletins 01.32 and 01.67; specific model not stated in the retrieved applicability slice.

Whether AD 2002-01-30 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 2002-01-30 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.