Is AD 99-25745 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 99-25745 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 99-25745 apply to?

AD 99-25745 applies to Fairchild — models SA226-AT, SA226-T, SA226-TC. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 99-25745

recurring

AD 99-25745 · 1999-10-07 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Fairchild Aircraft, Inc. Models SA226- T, SA226-T(B), SA226-AT, and SA226-TC Airplanes

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes Airworthiness Directive (AD) 77-25- 03, which currently requires repetitively inspecting for cracks on the landing gear actuator rod ends that are equipped with grease fittings, on Fairchild Aircraft, Inc. (Fairchild Aircraft) Models SA226-T, SA226- AT, and SA226-TC airplanes. AD 77-25-03 also requires replacing the landing gear actuator rod ends with an improved part either immediately or at a certain time period depending on the results of the inspections. Replacement of all six rod ends terminates the repetitive inspection requirements of AD 77-25-03. This AD is the result of failures of the landing gear rod ends on airplanes where the rod ends were replaced in accordance with AD 77-25-03. Fairchild has re-designed the landing gear rod ends as a result of these failures. This AD requires replacing all landing gear rod ends with these improved design parts on all SA226 series airplanes, including those manufactured since AD 77-25-03 was issued (i.e., the Model SA226-T(B) airplanes). The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of the landing gear actuator caused by cracks in the rod ends, which could result in the inability to lower the landing gear during a landing with consequent possible loss of control of the airplane.

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 99-25745 applies to

MakesFairchild

ModelsSA226-AT, SA226-T, SA226-TC

equipped with

Whether AD 99-25745 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 99-25745 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.