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Airworthiness Directive 2020-22-05

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Official AD 2020-22-05 · FR doc 2020-24048 · 2020-11-02 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes

What this AD requires

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Model PC-12/47E airplanes. This AD was results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as seizing of a main landing gear (MLG) spring pack assembly. This AD requires replacement of affected parts and prohibits (re)installation of affected parts. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Which aircraft AD 2020-22-05 applies to

MakesPilatus Aircraft Ltd.
ModelsPC-12/47E, PC-12
Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 1300–1300, 1451–1944.
Part-conditional — 532.34.12.101.

Excludes serial number 1720; applies only to aircraft with main landing gear (MLG) spring pack assembly P/N 532.34.12.101 installed.

Whether AD 2020-22-05 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 2020-22-05 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.