Is AD 2002-05-04 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2002-05-04 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2002-05-04 apply to?

AD 2002-05-04 applies to Socata. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2002-05-04

recurring

Official AD 2002-05-04 · FR doc 02-5526 · 2002-03-11 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; SOCATA-Groupe AEROSPATIALE Models MS 892A-150, MS 892E-150, MS 893A, MS 893E, MS 894A, MS 894E, Rallye 150T, and Rallye 150ST Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes Airworthiness Directive (AD) 77-15- 06, which applies to all SOCATA--Groupe AEROSPATIALE (Socata) Models MS 892A-150, MS 892E-150, MS 893A, MS 893E, Rallye 150T, and Rallye 150ST airplanes. AD 77-15-06 currently requires you to repetitively inspect the engine mount assembly for cracks, repair any cracks found, and modify the brackets on airplanes with right angle engine mounts. This AD is the result of the French airworthiness authority's determination that updated service information and additional aircraft should be added to the applicability of AD 77-15-06. This AD retains the inspection and repair requirements of the current AD and adds the information communicated by the French airworthiness authority. The actions specified by this AD are intended to detect and correct cracks in the engine mount assembly. Such a condition could cause the engine mount assembly to fail, which could result in loss of control of the airplane.

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 2002-05-04 applies to

MakesSocata

Applicability text captured here is boilerplate only (model/serial list not present in this excerpt). This AD supersedes AD 77-15-06, Amendment 39-2975, and requires compliance with Socata Service Bulletin SB 156-71, dated May 2001.

Whether AD 2002-05-04 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 2002-05-04 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.

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.