Is AD 2009-05-10 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2009-05-10 requires a repetitive inspection every 72 months. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2009-05-10 apply to?

AD 2009-05-10 applies to Airbus — models A330, A340-200, A340-300, A340. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2009-05-10

recurring

Official AD 2009-05-10 · FR doc E9-4649 · 2009-03-10 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A330 Airplanes, and Model A340-200 and A340-300 Series Airplanes

What this AD requires

The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Airbus Model A330, A340-200, and A340- 300 series airplanes. That AD currently requires repetitive inspections of a certain bracket that attaches the flight deck instrument panel to the airplane structure; related investigative and corrective actions if necessary; and replacement of the existing bracket with a titanium- reinforced bracket, which ends the repetitive inspections in the existing AD. This new AD adds requirements only for airplanes on which the existing bracket was replaced with a titanium-reinforced bracket in accordance with the existing AD. The additional requirement is a one- time inspection to determine if certain fasteners are broken or cracked, and corrective actions if necessary. This AD results from a report that incorrect torque values could damage the bracket. We are issuing this AD to prevent a cracked bracket. Failure of this bracket, combined with failure of the horizontal beam, could result in collapse of the left part of the flight deck instrument panel, and consequent reduced controllability of the airplane.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 72 months. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2009-05-10 applies to

MakesAirbus

ModelsA330, A340-200, A340-300, A340

Excludes airplanes with Airbus Modification 53446 incorporated in production; excludes A330 airplanes with Airbus Mandatory Service Bulletin A330-25-3249, Revision 01, dated July 10, 2007, embodied in service; excludes A340-200/-300 airplanes with Airbus Mandatory Service Bulletin A340-25-4245, Revision 01, dated July 10, 2007, embodied in service.

Whether AD 2009-05-10 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 2009-05-10 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.