Is AD 2003-09-09 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2003-09-09 requires a repetitive inspection every 200 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2003-09-09 apply to?

AD 2003-09-09 applies to Cessna — models 441, F406. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2003-09-09

recurring

Official AD 2003-09-09 · FR doc 04-475 · 2004-01-12 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Models 441 and F406 Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment revises Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2003-09- 09, which applies to certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 441 and F406 airplanes. AD 2003-09-09 currently requires repetitively inspecting the fuel boost pump wiring inside and outside the boost pump reservoir and repair or replacement of the wiring as necessary. AD 2003-09-09 also requires eventual installation of an improved design wire harness and fuel boost pump as terminating action for the repetitive inspections. The way the compliance time is currently written puts certain airplane owners/operators in non-compliance with the AD. Also, the terminating action for the repetitive inspections did not provide the option of installing the protective sleeving modification for boost pump lead wires. This document clarifies and corrects the compliance time and provides the option of installing the protective sleeving modification for boost pump lead wires. The actions specified by this AD are intended to detect, correct, and prevent chafing and/or arcing of the fuel boost pump wiring, which could result in arcing within the wing fuel storage system. This condition could lead to ignition of explosive vapor within the fuel storage system.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 200 hours. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2003-09-09 applies to

MakesCessna

Models441, F406

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 0001–0362, 698–698, 0001–0089.

Applies to each identified airplane regardless of prior modification, alteration, or repair in the affected area; owners of modified airplanes must request an alternative method of compliance.

Whether AD 2003-09-09 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 2003-09-09 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.