Is AD 2022-11-04 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2022-11-04 requires a repetitive inspection every 250 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2022-11-04 apply to?

AD 2022-11-04 applies to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation — models S-92A, S-92. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2022-11-04

recurring

Official AD 2022-11-04 · FR doc 2022-10952 · 2022-05-23 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Helicopters

What this AD requires

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2020-26- 13, which applied to certain Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) Model S-92A helicopters. AD 2020-26-13 required establishing the life limit for certain part-numbered horizontal stabilizer root fittings FWD (forward root fittings) and certain part-numbered stabilizer strut fittings. AD 2020-26-13 also required repetitively inspecting certain parts, and depending on the inspection results, removing parts from service. Finally AD 2020-26-13 prohibited installing certain stabilizer assemblies on any helicopter. Since the FAA issued AD 2020-26-13, the manufacturer notified the FAA that due to an error in the service information, certain part numbers in AD 2020-26-13 are incorrect. Also, the FAA determined that additional inspections are required to address the unsafe condition. This AD retains certain requirements and the prohibition for installing certain stabilizer assemblies on any helicopter from AD 2020-26-13, corrects certain part numbers, and requires additional repetitive inspections. The actions of this AD are intended to address an unsafe condition on these products.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 250 hours. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2022-11-04 applies to

MakesSikorsky Aircraft Corporation

ModelsS-92A, S-92

Part-conditional — 92209-07111-101, 92070-20125-101, 92209-07403-041, 92070-20117-041, 92070-20117-045, 92070-20117-046, 92070-20125-041, 92070-20125-042.

Applies only to helicopters with horizontal stabilizer root fitting FWD P/N 92209-07111-101 or 92070-20125-101; or stabilizer strut fitting P/N 92209-07403-041 or 92070-20117-041 installed on horizontal stabilizer assembly P/N 92070-20117-045, 92070-20117-046, 92070-20125-041, 92070-20125-042, 92070-20125-043, 92070-20125-044, 92205-07400-043, 92205-07400-045, or 92205-07400-047.

Whether AD 2022-11-04 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 2022-11-04 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.