Airworthiness Directive 81-18-08 R3
one-timeAD 81-18-08 R3 · 1981-01-01 · airframe
Airworthiness Directives; Applies to Models 99, 99A, A99A and A99 (Serial Numbers U-1 through U-145 and U-147) and Model B99 (Serial Numbers U-146, U-148 an
Which aircraft AD 81-18-08 R3 applies to
MakesApplies To
Models99, 99A, A99A, A99, B99
Serial-conditional — narrows to serials U-1–U-145, U-1–U-145.
Whether AD 81-18-08 R3 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 81-18-08 R3 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.