Is AD 2022-20-11 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2022-20-11 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2022-20-11 apply to?

AD 2022-20-11 applies to Bell Textron Canada Limited — models 429. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2022-20-11

one-time

Official AD 2022-20-11 · FR doc 2022-22593 · 2022-10-24 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

What this AD requires

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 429 helicopters. This AD was prompted by reports of failed rivets between the tailboom skin and the tail rotor (TR) gearbox support assembly. This AD requires visually inspecting the external surface of the TR gearbox support assembly, borescope inspecting or visually inspecting the inside of the tailboom for certain conditions, and performing a tactile inspection. Depending on the results of the inspections, this AD requires removing certain rivets from service or repairing gaps in accordance with an approved method. This AD also requires repeating these inspections within certain intervals. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Which aircraft AD 2022-20-11 applies to

MakesBell Textron Canada Limited

Models429

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 57001–?.

Applies to S/N 57001 and subsequent (open-ended range).

Whether AD 2022-20-11 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 2022-20-11 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.