Is AD 2003-13-15 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2003-13-15 requires a repetitive inspection every 50 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2003-13-15 apply to?

AD 2003-13-15 applies to Schweizer — models 269C, 269. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2003-13-15

recurring

Official AD 2003-13-15 · FR doc 03-16685 · 2003-07-08 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Schweizer Aircraft Corporation Model 269A, 269A-1, 269B, 269C, and TH-55A Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Schweizer Aircraft Corporation (Schweizer) Model 269A, 269A-1, 269B, 269C, and TH-55A helicopters, that currently requires inspecting the lugs on certain aft cluster fittings and each aluminum end fitting on certain tailboom struts. Modifying or replacing each strut assembly within a specified time period and serializing certain strut assemblies are also required by the existing AD. This amendment requires the same actions as the existing AD, and also requires a one-time inspection and repair, if necessary, of certain additional cluster fittings, and replacement and modification of certain cluster fittings within 150 hours time-in-service (TIS) or 6 months, whichever occurs first. This amendment is prompted by the need to expand the applicability to include certain Hughes-manufactured cluster fittings and to provide a terminating action for the repetitive dye-penetrant inspections of the cluster fittings. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of a tailboom support strut or a cluster fitting, which could cause rotation of a tailboom into the main rotor blades, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 50 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 2003-13-15 applies to

MakesSchweizer

Models269C, 269

Part-conditional — 269A2234, 269A2235, SA-269K-106-1, 269A2015, 269A2015-5, 269A2017-3, 269A2017-5, 269A2015-9.

Applies to Schweizer Model 269 helicopters (269C named explicitly in the text) to prevent failure of a tailboom support strut or a cluster-fitting lug. Helicopters with cluster fitting P/N 269A2234 or 269A2235: dye-penetrant inspect lugs every 50 hrs TIS (10-hr initial), replace cracked fittings before further flight; fittings not modified with Kit P/N SA-269K-106-1 are not eligible replacements; within 150 hrs TIS/6 months replace or modify with the kit (terminating action for the repetitive inspection). Helicopters with strut assembly P/N 269A2015 or 269A2015-5: inspect aluminum end fittings every 50 hrs TIS; if damaged, modify with stainless steel end fittings P/N 269A2017-3/-5 or replace with P/N 269A2015-9/-11; full modification/replacement required within 500 hrs TIS or 1 year. Source text truncated mid-paragraph (e); full applicability list not captured in this excerpt.

Whether AD 2003-13-15 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 2003-13-15 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.