Is AD 2002-25-03 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2002-25-03 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2002-25-03 apply to?

AD 2002-25-03 applies to B-N Group Ltd., Britten-Norman — models BN-2. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2002-25-03

recurring

Official AD 2002-25-03 · FR doc 02-31128 · 2002-12-11 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited BN-2A and BN2A Mk. III Series Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes Airworthiness Directive (AD) 97-14- 01, which currently applies to all Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited (Pilatus Britten-Norman) BN-2A and BN2A Mk. III series airplanes. AD 97-14-01 requires repetitively inspecting the left-hand rudder bar assembly for cracks, measuring the slider tube unit wall thickness, and modifying the rudder bar assembly by installing a slider tube unit of improved design as a terminating action for the repetitive inspections. AD 97-14-01 resulted from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the airworthiness authority for the United Kingdom. Reports of cracks being found on the right-hand rudder bar assembly and the inadvertent omission of requiring inspection of the rudder pedal beams prompted this action. This AD retains the requirements of AD 97-14-01 and requires inspections of the right-hand rudder bar assembly and each rudder pedal beam. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of the pilot's and co-pilot's rudder bar assemblies, which could result in loss of control of the airplane during landing operations.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2002-25-03 applies to

MakesB-N Group Ltd.Britten-Norman

ModelsBN-2

Specific serial-number applicability is in paragraph (a), not captured in the extracted text; action per B-N Group Ltd. SB No. SB 111, Issue 2 (2002-04-01) and Britten-Norman SB No. BN-2/SB.56, Issue 2 (1978-02-13); supersedes AD 97-14-01, Amendment 39-10058.

Whether AD 2002-25-03 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 2002-25-03 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.