Is AD 2013-09-11 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2013-09-11 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2013-09-11 apply to?

AD 2013-09-11 applies to Cessna Aircraft Company — models 500, 501, 550, 551, S550, 560, 560XL, 650. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2013-09-11

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Official AD 2013-09-11 · FR doc 2013-12662 · 2013-05-30 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cessna Aircraft Company Model 500, 501, 550, 551, S550, 560, 560XL, and 650 airplanes. This AD was prompted by multiple reports of smoke and/or fire in the tailcone caused by sparking due to excessive wear of the brushes in the air conditioning (A/C) motor. This AD requires inspecting to determine if certain A/C compressor motors are installed and to determine the accumulated hours on certain A/C drive motor assemblies; repetitive replacement of the brushes in the drive motor assembly, or, as an option to the brush replacement, deactivation of the A/C system and placard installation; and return of replaced brushes to Cessna. We are issuing this AD to prevent the brushes in the A/C motor from wearing down beyond their limits, which could result in the rivet in the brush contacting the commutator causing sparks and consequent fire and/or smoke in the tailcone with no means to detect or extinguish the fire and/or smoke.

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 2013-09-11 applies to

MakesCessna Aircraft Company

Models500, 501, 550, 551, S550, 560, 560XL, 650

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 0001–0689, 0002–0733, 0801–1136, 0001–0160, 0001–0707, 0751–0815, 5001–5300, 0200–0241, 7001–7119.

Serial ranges by model: 500 and 501 S/Ns 0001-0689; 550 and 551 S/Ns 0002-0733 and 0801-1136; S550 S/Ns 0001-0160; 560 S/Ns 0001-0707 and 0751-0815; 560XL S/Ns 5001-5300; 650 S/Ns 0200-0241 and 7001-7119.

Whether AD 2013-09-11 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 2013-09-11 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.