Is AD 2012-07-08 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2012-07-08 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Airworthiness Directive 2012-07-08

Q: Which aircraft does AD 2012-07-08 apply to?

AD 2012-07-08 applies to Embraer — models ERJ 170-100 LR, ERJ 170-100 STD, ERJ 170-100 SE, ERJ 170-100 SU, ERJ 170-200 LR, ERJ 170-200 SU, ERJ 170-200 STD, ERJ 170. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

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Official AD 2012-07-08 · FR doc 2012-9500 · 2012-04-24 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for all EMBRAER Model ERJ 170 airplanes. That AD currently requires revising the Airworthiness Limitations Section (ALS) of the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA) to incorporate new structural inspection requirements. Since we issued that AD, during full scale fatigue testing, cracks were found in certain structural components of the airplane. Analysis of these cracks resulted in the manufacturer modifying the ALS of EMBRAER 170 Maintenance Review Board Report (MRBR), to include new inspections tasks, or modifying the current tasks and their respective thresholds and intervals. This new AD requires revising the maintenance program to incorporate new or revised structural inspection requirements. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct fatigue cracking which could result in the loss of structural integrity of the airplane.

Which aircraft AD 2012-07-08 applies to

MakesEmbraer

ModelsERJ 170-100 LR, ERJ 170-100 STD, ERJ 170-100 SE, ERJ 170-100 SU, ERJ 170-200 LR, ERJ 170-200 SU, ERJ 170-200 STD, ERJ 170

Requires revisions to certain operator maintenance documents to include new inspections per 14 CFR 91.403(c); AMOC process available for airplanes previously modified, altered, or repaired in the affected areas.

Whether AD 2012-07-08 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 2012-07-08 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.

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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.