Is AD 2014-04282 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2014-04282 requires a repetitive inspection every 30 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2014-04282 apply to?

AD 2014-04282 applies to Airbus — models AS350B, AS350B1, AS350B2, AS350B3, AS350BA, AS350C, AS350D, AS350D1. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2014-04282

recurring

AD 2014-04282 · 2014-03-13 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters (Type Certificate Previously Held By Eurocopter France) (Airbus Helicopters)

What this AD requires

We are revising Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2011-22-05 for Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model AS350B, B1, B2, B3, BA, C, D, D1, AS355E, F, F1, F2, N, and NP helicopters with certain tail rotor (T/R) pitch control rods (control rods) installed. AD 2011-22-05 required checking the control rod for play before the first flight of each day. This new AD requires checking the control rod for play within 30 hours time-in-service (TIS) and, if no bearing play is detected, thereafter at intervals not to exceed 30 hours TIS. The actions in this AD are intended to prevent failure of a T/R control rod, loss of T/R control, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 30 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 2014-04282 applies to

MakesAirbus

ModelsAS350B, AS350B1, AS350B2, AS350B3, AS350BA, AS350C, AS350D, AS350D1, AS355E, AS355F, AS355F1, AS355F2, AS355N, AS355NP, AS350, AS355

Part-conditional — 350A33-2100-00, 350A33-2100-01, 350A33-2100-02, 350A33-2100-03, 350A33-2100-04, 350A33-2121-00, 350A33-2121-01, 350A33-2121-02.

Applies only when a tail rotor (T/R) pitch control rod with one of the listed part numbers is installed.

Whether AD 2014-04282 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 2014-04282 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.