Is AD 2012-02-02 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2012-02-02 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2012-02-02 apply to?

AD 2012-02-02 applies to Cessna — models 172R, 172S, 172. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2012-02-02

one-time

Official AD 2012-02-02 · FR doc 2012-1451 · 2012-02-07 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 172R and 172S airplanes. That AD currently requires you to inspect the fuel return line assembly for chafing; replace the fuel return line assembly if chafing is found; and inspect the clearance between the fuel return line assembly and both the right steering tube assembly and the airplane structure, adjusting as necessary. Since we issued that AD, we have received a field report of a fuel return line chafing incident on a Cessna Model 172 airplane with a serial number (S/N) that was not included in the AD. This AD retains the actions of the current AD and adds S/Ns to the Applicability section of the AD. Chafing of the fuel return line assembly could lead to fire. This new AD requires the actions of the current AD and adds S/Ns to the Applicability section of the AD. We are issuing this AD to correct the unsafe condition on these products.

Which aircraft AD 2012-02-02 applies to

MakesCessna

Models172R, 172S, 172

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 17281188–17281390, 172S9491–172S10489, 17281391–17281572, 172S10490–172S11073.

Whether AD 2012-02-02 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 2012-02-02 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.