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Airworthiness Directive 2016-22-06

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Official AD 2016-22-06 · FR doc 2016-25657 · 2016-10-27 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH Models DA 40 NG, DA 42 NG, and DA 42 M-NG airplanes. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as cracked autopilot bridle cable clamps. We are issuing this AD to correct the unsafe condition on these products

Which aircraft AD 2016-22-06 applies to

MakesDiamond Aircraft Industries
ModelsDA 40 NG, DA 42 NG, DA 42 M-NG, DA 40, DA 42
Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 40.N260–40.N314, 42.N150–42.N223, 42.MN035–42.MN052.

Serial ranges are specific to model: DA 40 NG 40.N260/40.N314; DA 42 NG 42.N150/42.N223; DA 42 M-NG 42.MN035/42.MN052.

Whether AD 2016-22-06 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 2016-22-06 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.