Is AD 2016-17-08 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2016-17-08 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2016-17-08 apply to?

AD 2016-17-08 applies to Textron Aviation, Cessna — models 310R, E310H, E310J, T310P, T310R, 310J-1, 320F, 320-1. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2016-17-08

recurring

Official AD 2016-17-08 · FR doc 2016-20073 · 2016-08-26 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation, Inc. Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2016-07-24 for all Textron Aviation, Inc. Models 310 through 310R, E310H, E310J, T310P through T310R, 310J-1, 320 through 320F, 320-1, 335, 340, 340A, 401 through 401B, 402 through 402C, 411, 411A, 414, 414A, and 421 through 421C airplanes (type certificates 3A10, 3A25, and A7CE previously held by Cessna Aircraft Company). AD 2016-07-24 required replacement and repetitive inspections of the hardware securing the elevator trim tab push-pull rod. This AD retains the actions for AD 2016-07-24 but revises the repetitive inspection intervals and allows for a longer bolt for the attachment of the elevator trim tab actuator rod end to the push-pull tube connection and/or for the elevator trim tab horn end to the push-pull tube connection. This AD was prompted by comments indicating difficulties with bolt installation and requesting a revision to repetitive inspection intervals to coincide with established inspection intervals. We are issuing this AD to prevent jamming of the elevator trim tab in a position outside the normal limits of travel due to the loss of the attachment hardware connecting the elevator trim tab actuator to the elevator trim tab push-pull rod, which could result in loss of control.

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 2016-17-08 applies to

MakesTextron AviationCessna

Models310R, E310H, E310J, T310P, T310R, 310J-1, 320F, 320-1, 340A, 401B, 402C, 411A, 414A, 421C, 310, 320, 335, 340, 401, 402, 411, 414, 421

Type certificates 3A10, 3A25, and A7CE previously held by Cessna Aircraft Company. All serial numbers.

Whether AD 2016-17-08 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 2016-17-08 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.