Airworthiness Directive 72-11-02
one-timeAirworthiness Directives; ) Install a yellow band on the outside of the glass on each main fuel quantity gage. The yellow band should extend from the empty
Which aircraft AD 72-11-02 applies to
Fuel quantity gage yellow-band marking; excerpt also references unnamed single-engine models with 25/40-gallon fuel cells not captured here (applicability read from the AD teaser — confirm exact model/serial from the records.)
Whether AD 72-11-02 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:
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.