Airworthiness Directive 02-32339
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What this AD requires
This amendment supersedes two existing airworthiness directives (AD's), that are applicable to certain Textron Lycoming fuel injected reciprocating engines. These AD's currently require inspection, and replacement if necessary, of externally mounted fuel injector fuel lines. These amendments require adding engine series to the applicability that have been identified with the potential for the same problem and necessitate being included in the list of Textron Lycoming fuel injected reciprocating engine series. This amendment is prompted by the need to ensure that the additional Textron Lycoming fuel injected engine series listed in this final rule receive the same inspections as series covered by the current AD's. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of the fuel injector fuel lines allowing fuel to spray into the engine compartment, resulting in an engine fire.
Which aircraft AD 02-32339 applies to
Concerns fuel injector line clamping on fuel-injected reciprocating engines. New/overhauled factory-shipped engines (which ship with clamps already installed) are allowed 50 hours after the effective date before an initial inspection is required, versus 10 hours for engines maintained since new or since overhaul. Engines already inspected per Textron Lycoming Mandatory Service Bulletin (MSB) No. 342C or 342D receive credit toward this AD's inspection requirement.
Whether AD 02-32339 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:
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.