Is AD 2003-11-13 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2003-11-13 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2003-11-13 apply to?

AD 2003-11-13 applies to Eurocopter — models AS332C, AS332L, AS332L1, AS332. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2003-11-13

one-time

Official AD 2003-11-13 · FR doc 03-13654 · 2003-06-03 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model AS332C, L, and L1 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) model helicopters. This action requires replacing a certain elbow adapter (adapter) with an airworthy adapter. This amendment is prompted by reports of a cracked adapter on the hydraulic reservoir resulting in leakage of hydraulic fluid and loss of hydraulic power. This condition, if not corrected, could result in failure of an adapter on the hydraulic reservoir, loss of hydraulic fluid, loss of hydraulic power, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2003-11-13 applies to

MakesEurocopter

ModelsAS332C, AS332L, AS332L1, AS332

Part-conditional — DHS613-636-43.

Applies only to helicopters with an elbow adapter, P/N DHS613-636-43, manufactured before January 1, 2002 (per manufacturing code on the hydraulic reservoir end) and not identified by a yellow paint mark, installed.

Whether AD 2003-11-13 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 2003-11-13 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.