Is AD 2016-14-05 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2016-14-05 requires a repetitive inspection every 500 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2016-14-05 apply to?

AD 2016-14-05 applies to Textron Aviation, Inc. — models 175A, 175. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2016-14-05

recurring

Official AD 2016-14-05 · FR doc 2016-15866 · 2016-07-07 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2008-15-06 for certain Textron Aviation Inc. Models 175 and 175A airplanes (type certificate previously held by Cessna Aircraft Company). AD 2008-15-06 required checking the airplane logbook to determine if the original engine mounting brackets had been replaced. If the original engine mounting brackets were still installed, the AD required repetitively inspecting those brackets for cracks and replacing any cracked engine mounting bracket until all four original engine mounting brackets were replaced. Replacing all four original engine mounting brackets terminated the actions required in AD 2008-15-06. Since we issued AD 2008-15-06, we have determined that the applicability needs to be changed to add one serial number and remove another. This new AD retains the actions required in AD 2008-15-06 and changes the Applicability section. We are issuing this AD to correct the unsafe condition on these products.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 500 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 2016-14-05 applies to

MakesTextron Aviation, Inc.

Models175A, 175

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 55001–55703, 55704–56238, 28700A–28700A, 626–626, 640–640, 56239–56777, 619–619.

Type certificate previously held by Cessna Aircraft Company. Applies per Table 1 to paragraph (c): Model 175 S/Ns 55001-55703 (mfd 1958), 55704-56238 (mfd 1959), 28700A/626/640 (mfd 1958-1959); Model 175A S/Ns 56239-56777 (mfd 1960) and S/N 619 (mfd 1960).

Whether AD 2016-14-05 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 2016-14-05 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.