Is AD 2017-02-06 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2017-02-06 requires a repetitive inspection every 12 months. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2017-02-06 apply to?

AD 2017-02-06 applies to Piper — models PA-31T, PA-31T1, PA-31T2, PA-31T3, PA-31P-350, PA-31, PA-31P. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2017-02-06

recurring

Official AD 2017-02-06 · FR doc 2017-01689 · 2017-02-07 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Piper Aircraft, Inc. Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA-31T, PA-31T1, PA-31T2, PA-31T3, and PA- 31P-350 airplanes. This AD requires repetitive detailed visual inspections of the wiring below the main circuit breaker panel for proper clearance and evidence of damage and rerouting or replacing wires and/or parts as necessary. This AD was prompted by a fatal accident where evidence of thermal damage in this area was found. We are issuing this AD to correct the unsafe condition on these products.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 12 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 2017-02-06 applies to

MakesPiper

ModelsPA-31T, PA-31T1, PA-31T2, PA-31T3, PA-31P-350, PA-31, PA-31P

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 31T-7400002–31T-8120104, 31T-7804001–31T-8304003, 31T-1104004–31T-1104017, 31T-8166001–31T-8166076, 31T-1166001–31T-1166008, 31T-8275001–31T-8475001, 31T-5575001–31T-5575001, 31P-8414001–31P-8414050.

Serial ranges are specific to model: PA-31T 31T-7400002/31T-8120104; PA-31T1 31T-7804001/31T-8304003 and 31T-1104004/31T-1104017; PA-31T2 31T-8166001/31T-8166076 and 31T-1166001/31T-1166008; PA-31T3 31T-8275001/31T-8475001 and 31T-5575001; PA-31P-350 31P-8414001/31P-8414050.

Whether AD 2017-02-06 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 2017-02-06 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.

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.