Is AD 2014-04-07 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2014-04-07 requires a repetitive inspection every 50 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2014-04-07 apply to?

AD 2014-04-07 applies to Bell — models 407. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2014-04-07

recurring

Official AD 2014-04-07 · FR doc 2014-13263 · 2014-06-23 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (Bell) Helicopters

What this AD requires

We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2003-05-03 for Bell Model 407 helicopters. AD 2003-05-03 required preflight checking and repetitively inspecting for a crack in certain tailbooms that have been redesigned, replacing the tailboom if there is a crack, modifying and re-identifying certain tailbooms, installing an improved horizontal stabilizer assembly, and assigning a 5,000 hour time-in-service (TIS) limit. This new AD retains the requirements of AD 2003-05-03 and requires additional inspection requirements. This AD was prompted by additional reports of cracked tailboom skins. The actions in this AD are intended to prevent separation of the tailboom and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 50 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 2014-04-07 applies to

MakesBell

Models407

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 53000–53475.

Part-conditional — 407-030-801-101, 407-030-801-105, 407-030-801-107, 407-530-014-101, 407-530-014-103.

Applies only to helicopters with a tailboom of a listed part number installed.

Whether AD 2014-04-07 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 2014-04-07 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.