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Airworthiness Directive 2016-04-10

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Official AD 2016-04-10 · FR doc 2016-03689 · 2016-02-26 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; ATR-GIE Avions de Transport Régional Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain ATR--GIE Avions de Transport R[eacute]gional Model ATR42-500 airplanes, and Model ATR72-102, -202, -212, and -212A airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of chafed wires between electrical harnesses. This AD requires inspections for wire discrepancies, and corrective actions if necessary. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct damaged wiring and incorrect installation of the wiring harness and adjacent air ducts that could lead to wire harness chafing and arcing, possibly resulting in an on-board fire.

Which aircraft AD 2016-04-10 applies to

MakesAtr-Gie Avions De Transport Régional
ModelsATR42-500, ATR72-102, ATR72-202, ATR72-212, ATR72-212A, ATR42, ATR72
Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 443–1006, 1014–1014, 475–969, 971–988, 1025–1025, 1028–1069, 1072–1072, 1089–1175.

Excludes ATR42-500 serial numbers 811, 1002, and 1005; excludes ATR72 serial numbers 872, 887, 893, 956, 1042, and 1162.

Whether AD 2016-04-10 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 2016-04-10 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.

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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.