Is AD 98-13-39 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 98-13-39 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 98-13-39 apply to?

AD 98-13-39 applies to Eurocopter. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 98-13-39

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Official AD 98-13-39 · FR doc 98-17041 · 1998-06-26 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model AS 332C, L, and L1 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Eurocopter France Model AS 332C, L, and L1 helicopters that requires initial and repetitive inspections of the tail rotor shaft flapping hinge retainers (retainers) for cracks. This amendment is prompted by a report of high vibrations occurring on a helicopter while in service due to a cracked retainer. The actions specified by this AD are intended to detect cracks on the retainers that could lead to high tail rotor vibrations, loss of tail rotor control, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

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 98-13-39 applies to

MakesEurocopter

Whether AD 98-13-39 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 98-13-39 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.