Airworthiness Directive 70-10-02
one-timeAD 70-10-02 · 1970-01-01 · reciprocating engine
Airworthiness Directives; HEADING: PRATT & WHITNEY R-985 and Wasp Jr. Type Engines ACTION: SUMMARY: DATES: Effective June 9, 1970. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER IN
Which aircraft AD 70-10-02 applies to
MakesHeading Pratt Whitney R-985 And Wasp Jr Type
Applies to all models of the make above.
Whether AD 70-10-02 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 70-10-02 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 →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.