Is AD 96-12-03 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 96-12-03 requires a repetitive inspection every 50 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 96-12-03 apply to?

AD 96-12-03 applies to Aviat. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 96-12-03

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Official AD 96-12-03 · FR doc 96-14051 · 1996-06-06 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Aviat Aircraft, Inc. Models S-1S, S-1T, S-2, S-2A, S-2S, and S-2B Airplanes (Formerly Known as Pitts Models S- 1S, S-1T, S-2, S-2A, S-2S, and S-2B Airplanes)

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Aviat Aircraft, Inc. (Aviat) Models S-1S, S-1T, S-2, S-2A, S-2S, and S-2B airplanes that are equipped with aft lower fuselage wing attach fittings incorporating either part number (P/N) 76090, 2-2107-1, or 1-210-102. This action requires repetitively inspecting the aft lower fuselage wing attach fitting on both wings for cracks and modifying any cracked aft lower fuselage wing attach fitting. Modifying the aft lower fuselage wing attach fitting on both wings eliminates the repetitive inspection requirement of the AD. Several reports of cracked fuselage wing attach fittings on the affected airplanes prompted this action. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent possible in-flight separation of the wing from the airplane caused by a cracked fuselage wing attach fitting.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 50 hours. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 96-12-03 applies to

MakesAviat

Extracted text begins at the standard 'preceding applicability provision' boilerplate; the AD's actual airplane model/serial list precedes this excerpt and was not captured by extraction. Requires inspection/modification of the aft lower fuselage wing attach fitting (both wings) for cracks per Aviat Service Bulletin No. 25 dated April 3, 1996; modification is terminating action.

Whether AD 96-12-03 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:

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 96-12-03 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.

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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.