Is AD 96-6932 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 96-6932 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 96-6932 apply to?

AD 96-6932 applies to Mcdonnell Douglas — models KC-10A. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 96-6932

one-time

AD 96-6932 · 1996-03-25 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10, -15, -30, and -40 Series Airplanes, and KC-10A (Military) Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10 series airplanes and KC-10A (military) airplanes, that requires visual inspections to detect failure of the attachments located in the banjo No. 4 fitting of the vertical stabilizer. This amendment also requires an eddy current inspection to detect cracking of the flanges and bolt holes of that fitting, and repair or replacement of attachments. This amendment is prompted by reports of failed attachments of the vertical stabilizer; the failures are attributed to fatigue. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent loss of the fail safe capability of the vertical stabilizer due to cracking of its attachments.

Which aircraft AD 96-6932 applies to

MakesMcdonnell Douglas

ModelsKC-10A

certain

Whether AD 96-6932 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 96-6932 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.