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Airworthiness Directive 2018-05-08

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Official AD 2018-05-08 · FR doc 2018-04405 · 2018-03-08 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; GA 8 Airvan (Pty) Ltd Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2013-19-12 for GA 8 Airvan (Pty) Ltd Models GA8 and GA8-TC320 airplanes. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and address an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as the fuel system integral sump tank not meeting FAA regulations. We are issuing this AD to require actions to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Which aircraft AD 2018-05-08 applies to

MakesGa 8 Airvan (Pty) Ltd
ModelsGA8, GA8-TC320
Serial-conditional — narrows to serials GA8-02-012–GA8-02-012, 128–205, 128–246, GA8-TC320-02-016–GA8-TC320-02-016, GA8-TC320-03-025–GA8-TC320-03-025, GA8-TC320-09-120–GA8-TC320-09-120, 129–205, 129–246.

Group 1 airplanes per AD paragraph (c)(1) and Group 2 airplanes per paragraph (c)(2); the last three digits of the S/N are sequential regardless of model designation or production year.

Whether AD 2018-05-08 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 2018-05-08 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.

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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.