Airworthiness Directive 99-11-13
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What this AD requires
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Model 402C airplanes. This AD requires inspecting the forward, aft, and auxiliary wing spars for cracks; repairing any cracks found; and reporting the results of the inspection to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This AD is the result of an accident of one of the affected airplanes where the right-hand wing failed just inboard of the nacelle at Wing Station (WS) 87. Investigation of this accident revealed fatigue cracking of the forward main spar that initiated at the edge of the front spar forward lower spar cap. The actions specified by this AD are intended to detect and correct any cracks in the forward, aft, and auxiliary wing spars, which could result in reduced or loss of control of the airplane.
Which aircraft AD 99-11-13 applies to
Boilerplate applicability only; the specific Cessna model/serial-number list precedes this excerpt and is not included. Requires external and internal inspection of the forward, aft, and auxiliary wing spars for cracks per Cessna Service Bulletin MEB99-3 (dated May 6, 1999) at 10,000 hours TIS (or within 25 hours of the effective date, whichever is later), with FAA-approved repair and reporting of any cracks found, to prevent reduced or loss of control of the airplane.
Whether AD 99-11-13 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:
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.