Is AD 96-3286 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 96-3286 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 96-3286 apply to?

AD 96-3286 applies to Fairchild — models SA226, SA227. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 96-3286

recurring

AD 96-3286 · 1996-02-14 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Fairchild Aircraft SA226 and SA227 Series Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment revises AD 94-07-10, which currently requires the following on Fairchild Aircraft SA226 and SA227 series airplanes: Repetitively inspecting (visually) the wing skin for cracks; dye penetrant inspecting the rib straps if the wing skin is found cracked; and, if any crack is found in the rib straps, repairing the rib straps and modifying the wing skin. That AD references an incorrect dye penetrant inspection when the wing skin is found cracked. This action maintains the requirements of AD 94-07-10, but incorporates reference to the correct dye penetrant inspection for when the wing skin is found cracked. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of the wing skin at the top aft outboard corner of the battery box, which could result in structural damage to the wing.

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

Which aircraft AD 96-3286 applies to

MakesFairchild

ModelsSA226, SA227

applicability derived from the AD summary — confirm the model/serial from the records

Whether AD 96-3286 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 96-3286 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 →Read the full directive (Federal Register)

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.