Airworthiness Directive 61-11-01
one-timeAirworthiness Directives; be replaced before further flight with a new bearing, Brantly P/N B2-259-11, or an FAA approved equivalent. (Brantly Service Bulle
Which aircraft AD 61-11-01 applies to
Landing gear drag strut bearing: if measured dimension is less than 0.5 inch, replace before further flight with new bearing Brantly P/N B2-259-11 or FAA-approved equivalent (ref. Brantly Service Bulletin No. 11); applies to B2-259-1 and B2-259-2 landing gear drag struts.
Whether AD 61-11-01 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:
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 →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.