Airworthiness Directive 73-12-05
one-timeAirworthiness Directives; Eastern Region. Amendment 39-1656 was effective June 14, 1973. Amendment 39-2078 was effective January 28, 1975. This Amendment 39
Which aircraft AD 73-12-05 applies to
FAA Eastern Region. Amendment 39-1656 effective June 14, 1973; Amendment 39-2078 effective January 28, 1975; Amendment 39-3543 effective August 29, 1979.
Whether AD 73-12-05 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.