Is AD 2004-01-14 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2004-01-14 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2004-01-14 apply to?

AD 2004-01-14 applies to Eurocopter — models EC130B4, EC130. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2004-01-14

one-time

Official AD 2004-01-14 · FR doc 04-368 · 2004-01-09 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model EC130B4 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model EC130B4 helicopters with a certain air intake cowling attachment fitting (fitting) installed. This action requires inspecting for broken or cracked forward fittings. If a broken or cracked fitting is found, inspecting the four center and aft fittings for cracks is required. Replacing broken fittings or certain cracked fittings is also required. This amendment is prompted by reports of cracked and broken fittings; one fitting failed after only 418 hours time-in-service (TIS). This condition, if not corrected, could result in failure of a forward fitting, an excess load on the other fittings, which could cause them to crack and break, which could result in loss of the air intake cowling in flight, and subsequent damage or loss of control of the helicopter, or both.

Which aircraft AD 2004-01-14 applies to

MakesEurocopter

ModelsEC130B4, EC130

Part-conditional — 350A25-0405-00, 350A25-0405-01, 350A25-0405-02, 350A25-0405-03, 350A25-0405-04, 350A25-0405-05.

Applies only if air intake cowling forward attachment fitting P/N 350A25-0405-00, -01, -02, -03, -04, or -05 is installed.

Whether AD 2004-01-14 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 2004-01-14 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.

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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.