Airworthiness Directive 71-18-03
one-timeAirworthiness Directives; 4, 1969, or with equivalent parts and methods approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Southwest Region, Feder
Which aircraft AD 71-18-03 applies to
References equivalent parts/methods per J. W. Miller Aviation, Inc. Engineering Order B1 to Drawing 201 (dated 1969), San Antonio, TX. Base aircraft make/model not captured in this excerpt.
Whether AD 71-18-03 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.