Is AD 2013-29679 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2013-29679 requires a repetitive inspection every 500 hours or 24 months. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2013-29679 apply to?

AD 2013-29679 applies to Piper Aircraft, Inc. — models J-2. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2013-29679

recurring

AD 2013-29679 · 2013-12-16 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Piper Aircraft, Inc. Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are revising Airworthiness Directive (AD) 99-26-19 that applies to certain The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. Model J-2 airplanes equipped with wing lift struts. AD 99-26-19 required repetitively inspecting the wing lift struts for dents and corrosion; repetitively inspecting the wing lift strut forks for cracks; replacing any dented or corroded wing lift strut; replacing any cracked wing lift strut fork; and repetitively replacing the wing lift strut forks at specified times for certain airplanes. AD 99-26-19 also required incorporating a "NO STEP" placard on the wing lift strut. Since we issued AD 99-26- 19, we were informed that paragraph (c) had been misinterpreted and caused confusion. This AD clarifies the intent of the language in paragraph (c) of AD 99-26-19 and retains all other requirements of AD 99-26-19. We are issuing this AD to correct the unsafe condition on these products.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 500 hours or 24 months. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2013-29679 applies to

MakesPiper Aircraft, Inc.

ModelsJ-2

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 500–1975.

Applies only to airplanes equipped with wing lift struts.

Whether AD 2013-29679 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 2013-29679 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.