Is AD 02-2425 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 02-2425 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 02-2425 apply to?

AD 02-2425 applies to Eurocopter — models EC135. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 02-2425

one-time

AD 02-2425 · 2002-02-01 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model EC 155B Helicopters

What this AD requires

This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2001-26-54, which was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of Eurocopter France (ECF) Model EC 155B helicopters by individual letters. This AD requires, before further Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) flight, inserting a copy of the AD into the Limitations Section of the Rotorcraft Flight Manual (RFM) and replacing each affected Smart Multifunction Display (SMD45H) as specified. Removing the AD from the RFM is required after replacing each affected SMD45H. This AD is prompted by the discovery of an error in the assembly of an internal connector of the SMD45H that sometimes results in an inversion of the display information. The SMD45H provides the flightcrew with essential flight and navigation information. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent erroneous flight or navigation display information, produced by a faulty SMD45H, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 02-2425 applies to

MakesEurocopter

ModelsEC135

Part-conditional — C19209VF11, C19209VG11, C19267VF11, C19267VG11, C19267EF10, C19267EG10.

Applies to EC135 helicopters with an old part-numbered SMD45H flight/navigation display installed (Retrofit Kit EC135-31A-002-2.C); replace with the corresponding new part-numbered SMD45H per Table 1 before further IFR flight.

Whether AD 02-2425 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 02-2425 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.