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Airworthiness Directive 97-2518

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AD 97-2518 · 1997-02-04 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Raytheon Model Hawker 800 and 1000 and Model DH/BH/HS/BAe 125 Series Airplanes (Including Major Variants C29A, U125, and U125A Series Airplanes)

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Raytheon Model BAe 125-1A through -1000A series airplanes and Model Hawker 800 and 1000 airplanes, that currently requires repetitive inspections to detect fatigue cracking of the sidestay jack pivots of the main landing gear (MLG), and replacement of the sidestay jack pivot assemblies with new assemblies. This amendment adds a requirement to replace the sidestay jack pivot assemblies with new, improved assemblies; when accomplished, this replacement would terminate the inspection requirements of the AD. This amendment also expands the applicability of the existing AD to include additional airplanes. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent fatigue fracturing of the sidestay jack pivots of the MLG, which could result in the inability of the MLG to deploy and a consequent wheels-up landing.

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 97-2518 applies to

MakesRaytheon
Models1000

certain

Whether AD 97-2518 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 97-2518 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.