Is AD 2012-25-03 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2012-25-03 requires a repetitive inspection every 6000 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2012-25-03 apply to?

AD 2012-25-03 applies to The Boeing Company — models 757-200, 757-200PF, 757-200CB, 757-300, 757. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2012-25-03

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Official AD 2012-25-03 · FR doc 2012-29714 · 2012-12-12 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 757 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of in-flight fracture of the right windshield (window 1) on the flight deck and multiple reports of electrical arcs at the terminal blocks of the flight deck windshields resulting in smoke and fire. This AD requires repetitive inspections of electrical heat terminals on the left and right windshields for damage, and corrective actions if necessary. This AD allows replacing an affected windshield with a windshield equipped with different electrical connections, which would terminate the repetitive inspections for that windshield. We are issuing this AD to prevent smoke and fire in the flight deck, which can lead to loss of visibility, and injuries to or incapacitation of the flightcrew.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 6000 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 2012-25-03 applies to

MakesThe Boeing Company

Models757-200, 757-200PF, 757-200CB, 757-300, 757

Model 757-200, -200PF, and -200CB airplanes identified in Boeing Special Attention SB 757-30-0019, Revision 3, dated December 16, 2011; Model 757-300 airplanes identified in Boeing Special Attention SB 757-30-0020, Revision 3, dated December 16, 2011. Installation of STC ST01920SE does not affect applicability of the required actions.

Whether AD 2012-25-03 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 2012-25-03 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.