Airworthiness Directive 80-07-13
one-timeAirworthiness Directives; PACIFIC INFLATABLES COMPANY Floatation Devices P/N 4000 and P/N 4000E Series
Which aircraft AD 80-07-13 applies to
Applies to Pacific Inflatables Company P/N 4000 and 4000E Series flotation devices; effective April 7, 1980; requires removal from service of affected devices as of the effective date.
Whether AD 80-07-13 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.