Aviat A-1 — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist

223 Aviat A-1s are on the U.S. registry. Here’s what a records review covers for one — the Airworthiness Directives that apply, the known trouble spots, and the checklist a buyer or owner should hold every logbook against.

Registered
223
Applicable ADs
2
Recurring
1
Serial-conditional
4

Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Aviat A-1

  • recurring
    AD 2020-17904 — Airworthiness Directives; Aviat Aircraft Inc. · 2020-08-17

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Aviat Aircraft Inc. Models A-1, A-1A, A-1B, A-1C-180, and A-1C-200 airplanes. This AD requires repetitive inspections of the forward horizontal stabilizer support assembly and the rear horizontal stabilizer support tu…

  • one-time
    AD 91-23-02 — Airworthiness Directives; AVIAT (formerly Christen Industries) Model A-1 Husky Series Airplanes · 1991-01-01

This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 4 serial/mod-conditional ADs that actually apply to your aircraft come from its digitized logbooks — that’s the verified report.

NTSB history on the type

1 recorded event on the Aviat A-1 type — 1 fatal, 1 destroyed, 0 substantial damage. A per-tail report checks whether this aircraft has an accident or damage record.

The records checklist for a Aviat A-1

Airworthiness Directives
Every applicable AD matched to compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates.
Annual / 100-hr inspections
A continuous, signed inspection history (14 CFR 91.409) with no gaps.
Service bulletins & letters
Mandatory and recommended SBs/SLs, complied or noted.
Life-limited parts
Airworthiness-limitations items tracked against their limits.
Form 337s / major alterations
Field approvals and STCs on file and reconciled.
Equipment inspections
ELT (91.207), transponder (91.413), altimeter/pitot-static (91.411).
Damage & accident history
NTSB and repair-major records for this exact tail.
Logbook continuity
Unbroken records — the gaps are where value and airworthiness hide.
Run a verified records report on your A-1

Enter a tail number and Tailplate reads its logbooks against this list — every AD matched to compliance evidence, next-due dates computed, damage history pulled, and a records-adjusted value.

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Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and the aircraft’s type certificate; it is advisory and not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.