Airworthiness Directive 2014-15-13

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Official AD 2014-15-13 · FR doc 2014-17549 · 2014-08-21 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2005-15-04 for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model CL-600-1A11 (CL-600), CL-600-2A12 (CL- 601), and CL-600-2B16 (CL-601-3A, CL-601-3R, and CL-604 Variants) airplanes. AD 2005-15-04 required operators to assign serial numbers or part numbers to certain landing gear parts; establish the number of landings on the parts, if necessary; and revise the Airworthiness Limitations Section (ALS) of the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA) to reflect the new life limits of the landing gear parts. This new AD adds airplanes to the applicability, requires operators to assign serial numbers or part numbers to certain additional landing gear parts to establish the number of landings on the parts if necessary, and requires operators to record in all required airplane technical records and manuals the new part numbers, serial numbers, and landings assigned to these parts. This AD was prompted by reports that landing gear parts that have safe-life limits but do not have serial numbers or part numbers can be removed from one landing gear and re-installed on another, making tracking difficult. We are issuing this AD to prevent life-limited landing gear parts from being used beyond their safe-life limits, which could lead to collapse of the landing gear.

Which aircraft AD 2014-15-13 applies to

MakesBombardier, Inc.
ModelsCL-600-1A11, CL-600-2A12, CL-600-2B16, CL-600
Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 1004–1085, 3001–3066, 5001–5194, 5301–5573, 5579–5579, 5595–5595.

Model CL-600-1A11 (CL-600) S/Ns 1004-1085; Model CL-600-2A12 (CL-601) S/Ns 3001-3066; Model CL-600-2B16 (CL-601-3A and CL-601-3R Variants) S/Ns 5001-5194; Model CL-600-2B16 (CL-604 Variant) S/Ns 5301-5573, 5579, and 5595. Also requires revisions to operator maintenance documents per 14 CFR 91.403(c).

Whether AD 2014-15-13 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 complianceThe specific action taken (inspected, replaced, modified) and to what revision.
DateWhen the work was done.
Aircraft timeTotal time in service / tach at compliance — how recurring next-due is computed.
Signature & certificateThe A&P/IA who returned it to service, with certificate number.
Is AD 2014-15-13 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.