Is AD 2018-20-02 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2018-20-02 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2018-20-02 apply to?

AD 2018-20-02 applies to Airbus — models A320-211, A320-231, A320. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2018-20-02

recurring

Official AD 2018-20-02 · FR doc 2018-20951 · 2018-09-28 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 98-18-24, which applied to certain Airbus SAS Model A320 series airplanes. AD 98- 18-24 required repetitive inspections to detect cracking in the inner flange of a certain door frame, and corrective actions, if necessary. AD 98-18-24 also provided an optional terminating action for the repetitive inspections. This AD continues to require the repetitive inspections of the inner flange of a certain door frame, with reduced repetitive inspection intervals, and corrective action if necessary. This AD was prompted by a report of cracks on the inner flange of a certain door frame, and by the results of a full scale fatigue test that indicated the intervals for the repetitive inspections required by AD 98-18-24 must be reduced. We are issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

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 2018-20-02 applies to

MakesAirbus

ModelsA320-211, A320-231, A320

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 0029–0029, 0045–0046, 0049–0057, 0059–0059, 0064–0064, 0065–0065.

Whether AD 2018-20-02 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 2018-20-02 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.