Is AD 04-14316 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 04-14316 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 04-14316 apply to?

AD 04-14316 applies to Agusta — models A109C, A109E, A109K2, A109. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 04-14316

one-time

AD 04-14316 · 2004-06-25 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Agusta S.p.A. Model A109C, A109E, and A109K2 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment revises an existing airworthiness directive (AD), for the Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model A109C, A109E, and A109K2 helicopters, that currently requires inspecting the main rotor blade (blade) tip cap for bonding separation and a crack, and also requires a tap inspection of the tip cap for bonding separation in the blade bond area and a dye-penetrant inspection of the tip cap leading edge along the welded joint line of the upper and lower tip cap skin shells for a crack. This amendment requires those same actions, but corrects a blade part number (P/N) that was stated incorrectly in the Applicability section of the existing AD. This amendment is prompted by the need to correct a blade P/N. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of a blade tip cap, excessive vibration, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 04-14316 applies to

MakesAgusta

ModelsA109C, A109E, A109K2, A109

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials ?–EM-1428, ?–A5-1428.

Part-conditional — 709-0103-01-ALL.

Applies only to helicopters with main rotor blade P/N 709-0103-01 (all dash numbers) installed, where the blade S/N is up to and including 1428 with a prefix of 'EM-' or 'A5-'.

Whether AD 04-14316 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 04-14316 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.