Is AD 2014-21-03 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2014-21-03 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2014-21-03 apply to?

AD 2014-21-03 applies to Airbus Helicopters — models AS332L2, AS332. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2014-21-03

recurring

Official AD 2014-21-03 · FR doc 2014-25406 · 2014-10-27 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters (Previously Eurocopter France) Helicopters

What this AD requires

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Airbus Helicopters Model AS332L2 helicopters with a certain yaw control damper support (support) installed. This AD requires repetitively inspecting the support attachment points for a crack. This AD is prompted by a report that the front attachment points of several supports were found to have cracks. These actions are intended to detect a crack in a support, which could result in failure of the support, separation of the yaw damper unit, blocking of the yaw flight control channel, and reduced control of the helicopter.

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

Which aircraft AD 2014-21-03 applies to

MakesAirbus Helicopters

ModelsAS332L2, AS332

Part-conditional — 332A25-1334-00.

Applies only to helicopters with the specified yaw control damper support part number installed.

Whether AD 2014-21-03 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 2014-21-03 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.