Is AD 96-03-11 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 96-03-11 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 96-03-11 apply to?

AD 96-03-11 applies to American Champion. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 96-03-11

one-time

Official AD 96-03-11 · FR doc 96-2684 · 1996-02-13 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; American Champion Aircraft Corporation Models 8KCAB, 8GCBC, 7GCBC, and 7ECA Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to American Champion Aircraft Corporation (American Champion) Models 8KCAB, 8GCBC, 7GCBC, and 7ECA airplanes that are equipped with metal spar wings. This action requires inspecting (one time) the wing front strut fittings for cracks or scratches, replacing any wing front strut fittings found cracked or scratched, and reporting the inspection results to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Fatigue cracks found on the wing front strut fittings on two Model 8KCAB airplanes prompted this action. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent structural failure of a wing assembly caused by cracked or scratched wing front strut fittings, which, if not detected and corrected, could result in loss of control of the airplane.

Which aircraft AD 96-03-11 applies to

MakesAmerican Champion

Part-conditional — 3-1632-1, 3-1632-2, 3-1646R, 3-1646L.

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/replacement of wing front strut fittings (P/N 3-1632-1/-2 or 3-1646R/L) for cracks, scratches, or surface deformities per American Champion Aircraft Corporation Service Letter 408 dated January 24, 1996; also applies upon installation of replacement metal-spar wings.

Whether AD 96-03-11 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 96-03-11 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.