Is AD 2013-08-15 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2013-08-15 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2013-08-15 apply to?

AD 2013-08-15 applies to The Boeing Company — models 737-800, 737. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2013-08-15

recurring

Official AD 2013-08-15 · FR doc 2013-09116 · 2013-05-01 · 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 737-800 series airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of early fatigue cracks at chem-mill areas on the crown skin panels. This AD requires repetitive inspections for cracking of the fuselage skin along chem-mill steps at certain crown skin and shear wrinkle areas, and repair if necessary. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct fatigue cracking of the skin panel at the specified chem-mill step locations, which could result in rapid decompression of the airplane.

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

Which aircraft AD 2013-08-15 applies to

MakesThe Boeing Company

Models737-800, 737

Part-conditional — ST00830SE.

Applies to airplanes identified in Boeing Service Bulletin 737-53-1311, dated October 21, 2011. Installation of STC ST00830SE does not affect applicability; a change-in-product AMOC approval is not necessary for airplanes with that STC installed.

Whether AD 2013-08-15 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 2013-08-15 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.