Is AD 2012-2896 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2012-2896 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2012-2896 apply to?

AD 2012-2896 applies to Superior Air Parts, Lycoming, Continental Motors. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2012-2896

one-time

AD 2012-2896 · 2012-02-09 · reciprocating engine

Airworthiness Directives; Superior Air Parts, Lycoming Engines (Formerly Textron Lycoming), and Continental Motors, Inc., Fuel-Injected Reciprocating Engines

What this AD requires

We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Superior Air Parts and Lycoming Engines fuel-injected reciprocating engines. That AD currently requires removing AVStar Fuel Systems, Inc. (AFS) fuel servos installed after May 20, 2010, if the servo contained an AFS diaphragm, part number (P/N) AV2541801 or P/N AV2541803, from certain production lots. This AD expands the applicability, and changes the compliance interval for all affected Superior Air Parts, Lycoming Engines, and Continental Motors, Inc., fuel-injected reciprocating engines. This AD was prompted by an accident involving a Piper PA32R- 301 airplane, and by the discovery of additional engines being affected by the unsafe condition since we issued the existing AD. We are issuing this AD to prevent an in-flight engine shutdown due to a failed fuel servo diaphragm, and damage to the airplane.

Which aircraft AD 2012-2896 applies to

MakesSuperior Air PartsLycomingContinental Motors

Applies to all models of the make above.

Part-conditional — AV2541801, AV2541803.

Applies only to fuel-injected reciprocating engine models with an AVStar Fuel Systems, Inc. (AFS) fuel servo diaphragm, P/N AV2541801 or P/N AV2541803, installed.

Whether AD 2012-2896 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 2012-2896 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.