Is AD 98-103 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 98-103 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 98-103 apply to?

AD 98-103 applies to Empresa Brasileira De Aeronautica S.A — models EMB-110P1, EMB-110P2. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 98-103

recurring

AD 98-103 · 1998-01-09 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A., Models EMB-110P1 and EMB-110P2 Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes Airworthiness Directive (AD) 87-03- 10, which currently requires repetitively inspecting the fillet area of both the left and right main landing gear (MLG) wheel axle/piston tube support junction area for cracks on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Models EMB-110P1 and EMB-110P2 airplanes, and requires replacing any MLG wheel axle/piston tube assembly where a crack is found. AD 87-03-10 also provided the option of reworking this area when no cracks were found as terminating action for the repetitive inspections. The Federal Aviation Administration's policy on aging commuter-class aircraft is to eliminate or, in certain instances, reduce the number of certain repetitive short-interval inspections when improved parts or modifications are available. This AD requires the following on EMBRAER Models EMB 110-P1 and EMB 110-P2 airplanes that do not have an ``R'' stamped on both the left and right MLG wheel axle/ piston tube assembly end-piece: inspecting (one-time) the fillet area of each MLG wheel axle/piston tube support junction area to assure that the area is free of cracks, replacing any MLG wheel axle/piston tube assembly if a crack is found, and reworking this area on both the left and right MLG's, as terminating action for the repetitive inspections that are currently required by AD 87-03-10. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent failure of the MLG wheel axle/piston tube assembly caused by fatigue cracking, which could result in loss of control of the airplane during landing operations.

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 98-103 applies to

MakesEmpresa Brasileira De Aeronautica S.A

ModelsEMB-110P1, EMB-110P2

certain

Whether AD 98-103 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 98-103 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.