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Airworthiness Directive 2018-07-03

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Official AD 2018-07-03 · FR doc 2018-06336 · 2018-04-05 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Piper Aircraft, Inc.

What this AD requires

We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2018-02-05 for certain Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA-28-140, PA-28-150, PA-28-151, PA-28-160, PA-28-161, PA-28-180, PA-28-181, PA-28-236, PA-28-201T, PA- 28R-180, PA-28R-200, PA-28R-201, PA-28R-201T, PA-28RT-201, and PA-28RT- 201T airplanes. AD 2018-02- 05 required inspecting the fuel tank selector cover to verify the left and right fuel tank selector placards are located at the proper positions and replacing those that are improperly located with new placards. This AD addresses the same unsafe condition and requires the same actions as AD 2018-02-05, but changes the inspection of the fuel tank selector cover to a preflight check and allows for various fuel selector clocking configurations. This AD was prompted by our determination to allow the owner/operator (pilot) holding at least a private pilot certificate to perform the preflight check. We are issuing this AD to allow the pilot to do a preflight check of the fuel selector placards.

Which aircraft AD 2018-07-03 applies to

MakesPiper Aircraft, Inc.
ModelsPA-28-140, PA-28-150, PA-28-151, PA-28-160, PA-28-161, PA-28-180, PA-28-181, PA-28-236, PA-28-201T, PA-28R-180, PA-28R-200, PA-28R-201, PA-28R-201T, PA-28RT-201, PA-28RT-201T, PA-28, PA-28R, PA-28RT
Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 28-20001–28-26946, 28-7125001–28-7725290, 28-03–28-03, 28-1–28-4377, 28-1760A–28-1760A, 28-7415001–28-7715314, 2841001–2841365, 28-7716001–28-8216300, 28-8316001–28-8616057, 2816001–2816109, 2816110–2816119, 2842001–2842420, 28-671–28-5859, 28-7105001–28-7205318, 28-E13–28-E13, 28-7305001–28-7505261, 28-7690001–28-8690056, 28-8690061–28-8690061, 28-8690062–28-8690062, 2890001–2890205, 2890206–2890231, 2843001–2843879, 28-7911001–28-8611008, 2811001–2811050, 28-7921001–28-7921095, 28R-30002–28R-31270, 28R-7130001–28R-7130019, 28R-30482–28R-30482, 28R-35001–28R-35820, 28R-7135001–28R-7135238, 28R-7235001–28R-7635545, 28R-7737002–28R-7837317, 2837001–2837061, 2844001–2844171, 28R-7703001–28R-7803374, 2803001–2803015, 28R-7918001–28R-8218026, 28R-7931001–28R-8631005, 2831001–2831038.

Serial ranges apply per model as listed in the AD Table 1 (Piper fuel selector placard AD); serial_ranges above is the flat union of all per-model ranges/singles, in the same left-to-right order as model_designations. Note: the raw prep_slice.py extraction truncates this AD applicability text at a fixed 3500-char cap mid-table (cuts off after PA-28R-180); the complete table used here was verified directly from the cached source text at data/ad_text/2018-06336.txt.

Whether AD 2018-07-03 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.
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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.