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

No — AD 2002-05-05 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

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

AD 2002-05-05 applies to Cirrus — models SR20, SR22. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2002-05-05

one-time

Official AD 2002-05-05 · FR doc 02-5703 · 2002-03-13 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Cirrus Design Corporation Models SR20 and SR22 Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Cirrus Design Corporation (Cirrus) Models SR20 and SR22 airplanes. This AD requires you to incorporate temporary operating limitations into the Limitation Section of the airplane flight manual (AFM) for certain affected airplanes and install a cable clamp external to the cone adapter on the Cirrus Aircraft Parachute System (CAPS) activation cable for all affected airplanes. The operating limitations will reduce the need to use the CAPS system in a loss of aircraft control emergency situation. The installation will prevent the cable housing from going into the rocket cone and will allow the rocket to fire correctly. This AD is the result of a report from the manufacturer that certain CAPS may not activate in an emergency situation. The actions specified by this AD are intended to initially limit the chance of failure of the CAPS activation system in an emergency situation and eventually eliminate this potential failure. Failure of this system would result in occupant injury and/or loss of life and loss of aircraft.

Which aircraft AD 2002-05-05 applies to

MakesCirrus

ModelsSR20, SR22

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 1148–1178, 0029–0160, 1005–1147, 0002–0028.

Group 1: SR20 serial nos. 1148 through 1178 (except 1151) and SR22 serial nos. 0029 through 0160 (except 0159). Group 2: SR20 serial nos. 1005 through 1147 and SR22 serial nos. 0002 through 0028. AD addresses risk of failure of the CAPS (parachute) activation system; requires AFM limitation entries and/or installation changes depending on group.

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