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

No — AD 2002-03-03 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

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

AD 2002-03-03 applies to Socata. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2002-03-03

one-time

Official AD 2002-03-03 · FR doc 02-3167 · 2002-02-14 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; SOCATA-Groupe AEROSPATIALE Model TBM 700 Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain SOCATA--Groupe AEROSPATIALE (SOCATA) Model TBM 700 airplanes. This AD requires you to install a new strainer draining system in the cabin fuselage. This AD is the result of mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the airworthiness authority for France. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent water from accumulating in the fuselage, then freezing and interfering with or causing the elevator controls to seize. This could result in loss of elevator control with consequent loss of airplane control.

Which aircraft AD 2002-03-03 applies to

MakesSocata

Part-conditional — OPT70 K072-53.

Applicability text captured here is boilerplate only (model/serial list not present in this excerpt). Requires installation of Kit No. OPT70 K072-53 per Socata Service Bulletin SB 70-082-53, dated June 2000; also addressed in French AD 2000-373(A).

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