Is AD 2002-21-11 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2002-21-11 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2002-21-11 apply to?

AD 2002-21-11 applies to Extra Flugzeugbau. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2002-21-11

one-time

Official AD 2002-21-11 · FR doc 02-26660 · 2002-10-25 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; EXTRA Flugzeugbau GmbH Model EA-300S Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain EXTRA Flugzeugbau GmbH (EXTRA) Model EA-300S airplanes. This AD requires you (for all affected airplanes) to inspect the upper longeron at the horizontal stabilizer attachment for cracks using a fluorescent dye check penetrant method, repair any cracks found, and modify the horizontal stabilizer. This AD also requires a limit on operation to the Normal category until accomplishment of the initial inspection and modification on airplanes with less than 200 hours time-in-service (TIS). This AD is the result of reports of fatigue cracks at the horizontal stabilizer attachment on the affected airplanes. The actions specified by this AD are intended to detect and correct cracks in the horizontal stabilizer attachment, which could result in structural failure of the aft fuselage with consequent loss of control of the airplane.

Which aircraft AD 2002-21-11 applies to

MakesExtra Flugzeugbau

Specific model/serial applicability (paragraph (a)) not present in retrieved text; SB number (SB-300-2-95) suggests Extra 300, not confirmed in text. Actions per Extra Flugzeugbau GmbH Service Bulletin No. SB-300-2-95 (pages 2-6 Issue C, dated July 15, 1998; pages 1 and 7-11 Issue D, dated January 30, 2001).

Whether AD 2002-21-11 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 2002-21-11 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.