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

No — AD 2003-13-15 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

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

one-time

Official AD 2003-13-15 · FR doc 04-15128 · 2004-07-06 · airframe

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

What this AD requires

This amendment revises an existing airworthiness directive (AD), for the specified Schweizer Aircraft Corporation (Schweizer) model 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. Additionally, 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, is required. This amendment requires the same actions as the existing AD, but revises the Applicability section of the AD. This amendment is prompted by the discovery of an error in the Applicability section of the existing AD. 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.

Which aircraft AD 2003-13-15 applies to

MakesSchweizer

Models269C, 269

Part-conditional — 269A2234, 269A2235, 269A2015, 269A2015-5, 269A2015-11, SA-269K-106-1, 269A2234-3, 269A2235-3.

Extracted applicability text is corrupted (contains Federal Register preamble/summary text rather than a clean applicability paragraph). Confirmed reference is to Schweizer Aircraft Corporation Model 269C helicopters, addressing tailboom support strut and cluster fitting part numbers 269A2234/269A2235 and 269A2015/-5/-11 (modification kit SA-269K-106-1) and cluster fittings 269A2234-3/269A2235-3. Full applicability scope could not be reliably determined from this text.

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.

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.