Is AD 03-11977 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 03-11977 requires a repetitive inspection every 100 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 03-11977 apply to?

AD 03-11977 applies to Raytheon Aircraft Company. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 03-11977

recurring

AD 03-11977 · 2003-05-14 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Raytheon Aircraft Company Beech Models C35, D35, E35, F35, G35, H35, J35, K35, M35, N35, P35, S35, V35, V35A, and V35B Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment revises Airworthiness Directive (AD) 94-20-04 R1, which currently requires ruddervator inspections and modifications on certain Raytheon Aircraft Company (Raytheon) Beech Models C35, D35, E35, F35, G35, H35, J35, K35, M35, N35, P35, S35, V35, V35A, and V35B airplanes. This AD maintains the actions of AD 94-20-04 R1, but makes the repetitive visual inspection of the empennage, aft fuselage, and ruddervator control system with any subsequent repair and the setting of the elevator controls, rudder and tab system controls, cable tensions, and rigging a one time action; and adds repetitive inspections of the fuselage bulkheads that were required by AD 94-20- 04. This AD is the result of the need to add a repetitive inspection of the fuselage bulkheads and change other inspections from a repetitive to a one-time action. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent structural failure of the V-tail, which could result in loss of control of the airplane.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 100 hours. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 03-11977 applies to

MakesRaytheon Aircraft Company

Part-conditional — 35-4016-3, 35-4016-5, 35-4016-7, 35-4016-9, 35-4017-1.

Specific model/serial applicability is listed in AD paragraphs (a)(1)-(a)(2), which were not captured in the extracted text; action involves weight-and-balance documentation review and empennage/aft-fuselage inspection using Beech Kits 35-4016-3/-5/-7/-9 (per Beech SB No. 2188) and Kit 35-4017-1; this action revises AD 94-20-04 R1 (Amendment 39-12919).

Whether AD 03-11977 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 03-11977 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.