Is AD 97-01-01 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 97-01-01 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 97-01-01 apply to?

AD 97-01-01 applies to Piper — models PA-24, PA-24-250, PA-24-260, PA-24-400, PA-30, PA-39, PA-28R-180, PA-28R-200. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 97-01-01

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Official AD 97-01-01 · FR doc 98-29003 · 1998-10-29 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-24, PA- 28R, PA-30, PA-32R, PA-34, and PA-39 Series Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment revises AirworthinessDirective (AD) 97-01-01, which currently requires repetitively inspecting the main gear sidebrace studs for cracks on The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper)Models PA-24, PA-28R, PA-30, PA-32R, PA-34, and PA-39 series airplanes, and replacing any main gear sidebrace stud found cracked. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved certain alternative methods of compliance (AMOC) for AD 97-01-01, and has determined that these AMOC's should be incorporated into the AD. This AD will retain all the actions of AD 97-01-01, and will incorporate certain AMOC's as a way of accomplishing the actions specified in AD 97-01-01. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent a main landing gear collapse caused by main gear sidebrace stud cracks, 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 97-01-01 applies to

MakesPiper

ModelsPA-24, PA-24-250, PA-24-260, PA-24-400, PA-30, PA-39, PA-28R-180, PA-28R-200, PA-28R-201, PA-28R-201T, PA-32R-300, PA-34-200, PA-34-200T, PA-28R, PA-32R, PA-34

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 28R-30002–28R-31135, 28R-7130001–28R-7130013, 28R-35001–28R-35820, 28R-7135001–28R-7635539, 28R-7737002–28R-7737096, 28R-7703001–28R-7703239, 32R-7680001–32R-7780444, 34-7570001–34-7770372.

Part-conditional — 78717-02.

PA-24, PA-24-250, PA-24-260, PA-24-400, PA-30, PA-39: all serial numbers (unconditional). PA-28R-180, PA-28R-200, PA-28R-201, PA-28R-201T, PA-32R-300, PA-34-200 (all s/n), and PA-34-200T: applies only to aircraft NOT equipped with Piper P/N 78717-02 (or FAA-approved equivalent) main gear sidebrace stud in both left and right main gear sidebrace bracket assemblies; see serial_ranges for the specific serial numbers of each model.

Whether AD 97-01-01 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 97-01-01 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.