Is AD 2003-22-10 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2003-22-10 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2003-22-10 apply to?

AD 2003-22-10 applies to Eurocopter — models EC120B, EC120. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2003-22-10

one-time

Official AD 2003-22-10 · FR doc 03-27542 · 2003-11-05 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model EC120B Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Eurocopter France model helicopters that requires operators to either temporarily or permanently secure the electrical bonding braid (bonding braid) that is installed on the left cyclic pitch control stick base within 10 hours time-in-service (TIS) and, if temporarily secured, installing a permanent attachment system for the bonding braid within 500 hours TIS or 12 months, whichever occurs first. This amendment is prompted by a report of a bonding braid twisting around the attachment nut installed on the bolt that connects the roll channel torque link to the left-hand cyclic pitch control stick. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent an unsecured bonding braid from restricting travel to the cyclic pitch control stick, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2003-22-10 applies to

MakesEurocopter

ModelsEC120B, EC120

Whether AD 2003-22-10 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 2003-22-10 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.