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Airworthiness Directive 2020-16-03

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Official AD 2020-16-03 · FR doc 2020-16031 · 2020-07-24 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; PZL Swidnik S.A. Helicopters

What this AD requires

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for PZL Swidnik S.A. (PZL) Model PZL W-3A helicopters. This AD requires establishing a life limit for certain horizontal stabilizers and removing from service any affected horizontal stabilizer in accordance with that life limit. This AD was prompted by the discovery of an error in the Airworthiness Limitations for PZL Model PZL W-3A helicopters. The actions of this AD are intended to address an unsafe condition on these products.

Which aircraft AD 2020-16-03 applies to

MakesPzl Swidnik
ModelsW-3A, W-3
Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 06.001–?.
Part-conditional — 30.13.600.00.04.

Applies only to helicopters with horizontal stabilizer P/N 30.13.600.00.04, part serial number 06.001 and subsequent, installed.

Whether AD 2020-16-03 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.
Is AD 2020-16-03 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.