Is AD 2016-10-11 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2016-10-11 requires a repetitive inspection every 24 months. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2016-10-11 apply to?

AD 2016-10-11 applies to Airbus — models A330, A340. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2016-10-11

recurring

Official AD 2016-10-11 · FR doc 2016-11931 · 2016-05-26 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2015-03-06 for all Airbus Model A330-200, A330-200 Freighter, A330-300, A340-200, A340-300, A340-500, and A340-600 series airplanes. AD 2015-03-06 required repetitive inspections of the left-hand (LH) and right-hand (RH) wing main landing gear (MLG) rib 6 aft bearing lugs (forward and aft) to detect any cracks on the two lugs, and replacement if necessary. This new AD requires reduction of certain compliance times. This AD was prompted by reports of additional cracking of the MLG rib 6 aft bearing lugs. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct cracking of the MLG rib 6 aft bearing lugs, which could result in collapse of the MLG upon landing.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 24 months. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2016-10-11 applies to

MakesAirbus

ModelsA330, A340

Extracted text is the MCAI background/history narrative, not the (c) Applicability paragraph (source-document parsing artifact) -- the true applicability list is not present in this excerpt. Per the narrative, the underlying EASA AD's applicability was expanded to 'all A330 and A340 aeroplanes' (including newly certified A330-223F and A330-243F) for repetitive inspection of wing MLG rib 6 aft bearing lugs per SBs A330-57-3096, A340-57-4104, A340-57-5009; treat this record as low-confidence and verify against the actual (c) Applicability paragraph.

Whether AD 2016-10-11 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 2016-10-11 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.