Is AD 2003-14-12 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2003-14-12 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2003-14-12 apply to?

AD 2003-14-12 applies to Eurocopter — models SA365C, SA365N, SA330, AS332, SA341, SA342, AS350, AS355. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2003-14-12

one-time

Official AD 2003-14-12 · FR doc 03-17948 · 2003-07-21 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model SA330F, G, and J; AS332C, L, and L1; SA341G; SA342J; AS350B, BA, B1, B2, B3, and D; AS355E, F, F1, F2 and N; SA-365C, C1, and C2; SA-365N and N1; and AS-365N2 and N3 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Eurocopter France (ECF) model helicopters that requires determining whether specified main or tail rotor (rotor) parts are installed and, if so, updating and recording the correct hours time-in- service (TIS) or cycles of each part. If the hours TIS or cycles of any rotor part exceed its life limit, this AD also requires replacing that part with an airworthy part within 50 hours TIS. This amendment is prompted by the need to correct the Equipment Log Card (FME) to accurately reflect the total hours TIS and cycles of certain repaired or overhauled rotor parts. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of a life limited rotor part, loss of a rotor, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2003-14-12 applies to

MakesEurocopter

ModelsSA365C, SA365N, SA330, AS332, SA341, SA342, AS350, AS355, SA365, AS365

Applies to Eurocopter SA330, AS332, SA341/SA342, AS350, AS355, SA365C, and SA365N/AS365 helicopters. Within 10 hrs TIS, check the equipment log card for installation of any life-limited main or tail rotor part/serial number listed in Table 1 of the applicable Eurocopter France Alert Telex (Nos. 65.110, 62.00.58, 65.60, 62.00.25, 62.00.27, 65.41, 62.00.19; all dated August 13, 2002); if a listed part is installed and its accumulated hours TIS/cycles exceed the life limit, replace it with an airworthy part within 50 hrs TIS.

Whether AD 2003-14-12 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 2003-14-12 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.