Is AD 2014-01-03 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2014-01-03 requires a repetitive inspection every 500 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2014-01-03 apply to?

AD 2014-01-03 applies to Saab — models 340A, SF340A, 340B, 340. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2014-01-03

recurring

Official AD 2014-01-03 · FR doc 2014-03817 · 2014-02-27 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Saab AB, Saab Aerosystems Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Saab AB, Saab Aerosystems Model 340A (SAAB/SF340A) and SAAB 340B airplanes modified by Supplemental Type Certificate SA7971SW. This AD was prompted by reports of smoke, a burning odor, and possible fire in the flight deck and cabin of the airplane, which was caused by brushes wearing beyond their limits in the air conditioning motor. This AD requires an inspection to determine if a certain air compressor motor is installed, an inspection to determine the age of a certain compressor hour meter since new or overhauled, and repetitive replacement of the brushes on affected air conditioning compressor motor units. As an option to the replacement, this AD allows pulling the air conditioning circuit breaker and adding a placard. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct worn brushes contacting the commutator, which could result in a fire under the cabin floor with no means to detect or extinguish the fire.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 500 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 2014-01-03 applies to

MakesSaab

Models340A, SF340A, 340B, 340

Applies only to airplanes modified per Supplemental Type Certificate SA7971SW.

Whether AD 2014-01-03 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 2014-01-03 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.