Is AD 98-3259 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 98-3259 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 98-3259 apply to?

AD 98-3259 applies to Airbus — models A321. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 98-3259

one-time

AD 98-3259 · 1998-02-17 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A320 and A321 Series Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A320 and A321 series airplanes, that requires activation of a spoiler function that allows partial ground spoiler activation with only one main landing gear compressed. This amendment is prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent possible delays in deceleration when landing with strong cross winds and/or on a contaminated runway, which could increase the potential for landing overrun.

Which aircraft AD 98-3259 applies to

MakesAirbus

ModelsA321

certain

Whether AD 98-3259 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 98-3259 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.