Is AD 2011-15-02 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2011-15-02 requires a repetitive inspection every 36 months. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Airworthiness Directive 2011-15-02

Q: Which aircraft does AD 2011-15-02 apply to?

AD 2011-15-02 applies to Lockheed Martin Corporation, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company — models 382, 382B, 382E, 382F, 382G. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

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Official AD 2011-15-02 · FR doc 2011-17399 · 2011-07-15 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Lockheed Martin Corporation/Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Model 382, 382B, 382E, 382F, and 382G Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for all Model 382, 382B, 382E, 382F, and 382G airplanes. That AD currently requires revising the FAA-approved maintenance program by incorporating new airworthiness limitations for fuel tank systems to satisfy Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 88 requirements. That AD also requires the accomplishment of certain fuel system modifications, the initial inspections of certain repetitive fuel system limitations to phase in those inspections, and repair if necessary. This new AD corrects certain part number references, adds an additional inspection area, and for certain airplanes, requires certain actions to be re-accomplished according to revised service information. This AD was prompted by a report of incorrect accomplishment information in the service information cited by the existing AD. We are issuing this AD to prevent the potential for ignition sources inside fuel tanks caused by latent failures, alterations, repairs, or maintenance actions, which, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in a fuel tank explosion and consequent loss of the airplane.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 36 months. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2011-15-02 applies to

MakesLockheed Martin CorporationLockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Models382, 382B, 382E, 382F, 382G

AD requires revisions to operator maintenance documents to add new inspections; compliance with these inspections is required under 14 CFR 91.403(c).

Whether AD 2011-15-02 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 2011-15-02 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.