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Airworthiness Directive 97-8250

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AD 97-8250 · 1997-04-01 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA24, PA28R, PA30, PA32R, PA34, and PA39 Series Airplanes; Correction

What this AD requires

This document makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 97-01-01, which was published in the Federal Register on January 2, 1997 (62 FR 10), and concerns The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) PA24, PA28R, PA30, PA32R, PA34, and PA39 series airplanes. The amendment number in this AD is incorrectly referenced as Amendment 39- 9782 instead of 39-9872 in two places. All other reference is correct. The AD currently requires repetitively inspecting the main gear sidebrace studs for cracks, and replacing any main gear sidebrace stud found cracked. This action corrects the AD to reflect the right amendment number throughout the entire document.

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 97-8250 applies to

MakesPiper
ModelsPA-24, PA-28R, PA-30, PA-32R, PA-34, PA-39

Whether AD 97-8250 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 97-8250 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.