Is AD 2016-07-27 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2016-07-27 requires a repetitive inspection every 420 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2016-07-27 apply to?

AD 2016-07-27 applies to Airbus Helicopters — models SA341G, SA342J, SA341, SA342. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2016-07-27

recurring

Official AD 2016-07-27 · FR doc 2016-07979 · 2016-04-13 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter France)

What this AD requires

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Airbus Helicopters Model SA341G and SA342J helicopters. This AD requires repetitive inspections of a certain part-numbered main rotor hub torsion bar (torsion bar). This AD was prompted by several cases of corrosion in the metal strands of the torsion bar. The actions of this AD are intended to detect corrosion and prevent failure of the torsion bar, loss of a main rotor blade, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 420 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 2016-07-27 applies to

MakesAirbus Helicopters

ModelsSA341G, SA342J, SA341, SA342

Part-conditional — 704A33633274.

Applies only to helicopters with a main rotor head torsion bar, P/N 704A33633274, installed.

Whether AD 2016-07-27 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 2016-07-27 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.