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Airworthiness Directive 98-16-03

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Official AD 98-16-03 · FR doc 98-20080 · 1998-07-29 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; SOCATAGroupe AEROSPATIALE Models TB9 and TB10 Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain SOCATA--Groupe AEROSPATIALE (Socata) Models TB9 and TB10 airplanes. This AD requires repetitively inspecting the wing front attachments on the wing and fuselage sides for cracks, and repetitively incorporating a certain modification kit (type of kit and time of incorporation depends on whether cracks are found during the inspection). This AD is the result of mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the airworthiness authority for France. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent structural failure of the wing front attachments caused by fatigue cracking, which could result in the wing separating from the airplane if the airplane is operated with cracked wing front attachments over an extended period of time.

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 98-16-03 applies to

MakesSocata
Part-conditional — OPT10 911000.

Requires repetitive inspection of wing front attachments (wing and fuselage sides) for fatigue cracking per Socata SB No. 10-081-57 Amendment 1 (Aug 1996), with escalation to installing Modification Kit OPT10 911000 per Socata Technical Instruction No. 9110. Specific Socata model/serial applicability not present in this excerpt.

Whether AD 98-16-03 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 98-16-03 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.