Is AD 98-24-04 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 98-24-04 requires a repetitive inspection every 100 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 98-24-04 apply to?

AD 98-24-04 applies to Socata. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 98-24-04

recurring

Official AD 98-24-04 · FR doc 98-31010 · 1998-11-24 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; SOCATAGroupe Aerospatiale Model TBM 700 Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain SOCATA--Groupe AEROSPATIALE (SOCATA) Model TBM 700 airplanes. This AD requires repetitively inspecting (using visual methods) the web of the left and right flap carriage for cracks, and replacing any cracked flap carriage with one of improved design. The proposed 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 detect and correct cracks in a flap carriage, which could result in loss of the flap function with consequent reduced and/or loss of airplane control.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 100 hours. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 98-24-04 applies to

MakesSocata

Boilerplate applicability only; the specific model/serial-number list precedes this excerpt and is not included. Requires repetitive visual inspection of the left and right flap carriage webs for cracks per SOCATA Service Bulletin SB 70-048 57, Amendment 1 (January 1995), with replacement by an improved-design carriage (terminating action) if cracked, to prevent loss of flap function and reduced/loss of airplane control.

Whether AD 98-24-04 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 98-24-04 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.