Is AD 2002-05-01 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2002-05-01 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2002-05-01 apply to?

AD 2002-05-01 applies to Boeing — models 747. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2002-05-01

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Official AD 2002-05-01 · FR doc 02-4888 · 2002-03-01 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747-100, 747-200, 747-300, 747SP, and 747SR Series Airplanes Powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3 and JT9D-7 Series Engines

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747-100, 747-200, 747-300, 747SP, and 747SR series airplanes powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3 or JT9D-7 series engines. That AD currently requires inspections of the vertical chords of the aft torque bulkhead of the outboard nacelle struts, corrective action, if necessary, and a modification of the vertical chords, which ends the inspections. This amendment will reduce the compliance time and repetitive intervals for the currently required inspections. These actions are necessary to prevent cracking of the vertical chords adjacent to the lower spar fitting, which could result in separation of the diagonal brace load path. Continued operation with a separated diagonal brace load path increases loads on the upper link, midspar fitting, and dual side links, which could result in separation of the strut and engine from the airplane. These actions are intended to address the identified unsafe condition.

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 2002-05-01 applies to

MakesBoeing

Models747

Restatement of AD 2001-12-23 for 747 airplanes with outboard nacelle struts; applies regardless of prior modification/alteration/repair. Requires repeated detailed visual, eddy-current, and ultrasonic inspections of the vertical chords of the aft torque bulkhead of the outboard nacelle struts per Boeing Alert SB 747-54A2201, with an optional deferred initial-inspection interval if Boeing Service Letter 747-54-055 was previously accomplished under AD 95-10-16. Retrieved excerpt does not include the specific 747 series/line-number applicability list.

Whether AD 2002-05-01 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 2002-05-01 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.