Is AD 03-17311 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 03-17311 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 03-17311 apply to?

AD 03-17311 applies to Boeing — models 737-300, 737-400, 737-500, 737-600, 737-700, 737-800, 737-900, 757-200. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 03-17311

one-time

AD 03-17311 · 2003-07-10 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-200, 737-300, 737-400, 737-500, 737-600, 737-700, 737-800, 737-900, 757-200, and 757-300 Series Airplanes; and McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10F, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-40, MD-10-30F, MD-11, and MD-11F Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain transport category airplanes as listed above. This action requires modification of the reinforced flight deck door installed on the airplane. This action is necessary to prevent inadvertent release of the decompression latch and consequent opening of the decompression panel in the flight deck door. If an airplane crewmember is in close proximity to the flight deck door when the decompression panel opens, the decompression panel could hit and injure the crewmember. This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition.

Which aircraft AD 03-17311 applies to

MakesBoeing

Models737-300, 737-400, 737-500, 737-600, 737-700, 737-800, 737-900, 757-200, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-40, MD-10-30F, MD-11, MD-11F

certain

Whether AD 03-17311 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 03-17311 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.