Cessna 208A — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
1 Cessna 208A is 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.
Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Cessna 208A
- one-timeAD 2010-28579 — Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) 172, 175, 177, 180, 182, 185, 206, 207, 208, 210, 303, 336, and 337 Series Airplanes · 2010-11-16
The FAA is correcting an airworthiness directive (AD) that was published in the Federal Register. That AD applies to the products listed above. In the Information Heading and in the SUMMARY section of the published AD, we incorrectly included Cessna 188 series airplanes. In the U…
- one-timeAD 06-4424 — Airworthiness Directives; The Cessna Aircraft Company Models 208 and 208B Airplanes · 2006-05-16
This document makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2006-01-11 R1, which published in the Federal Register on March 16, 2006 (71 FR 13538), and applies to all The Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 208 and 208B airplanes. AD 2006-01-11 R1 requires the installati…
- one-timeAD 06-3252 — Airworthiness Directives; The Cessna Aircraft Company Models 208 and 208B Airplanes · 2006-04-05
This document makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2006-06-06, which published in the Federal Register on March 16, 2006 (71 FR 13533), and applies to all The Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 208 and 208B airplanes. AD 2006-06-06 requires you to incorporate i…
- one-timeAD 05-7052 — Airworthiness Directives; the Cessna Aircraft Company Models 208 and 208B Airplanes · 2005-04-08
This document makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2005-07-01, which was published in the Federal Register on March 25, 2005 (70 FR 15223), and applies to all the Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 208 and 208B airplanes. We incorrectly referenced the affected …
- one-timeAD 90-05-04 — Airworthiness Directives; less than 1.7 inches, prior to further flight repair the ring in accordance with the Cessna Model 208 Maintenance Manual, Part Num · 1990-01-01
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.
Known trouble spots on the 208A
Many Hartzell and McCauley constant-speed props carry blade-shank or hub ADs plus a calendar/hours overhaul interval; blade corrosion and hub grease leaks are common findings. Confirm the prop AD status and last overhaul against the interval.
The Cessna 208 Caravan has a well-documented airframe-icing accident history; de-ice boot condition, the cargo-pod/CG configuration, and compliance with the icing-related ADs/AFM changes are key. Verify de-ice system serviceability and icing-AD compliance.
The records checklist for a Cessna 208A
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.
Look up a tail number →or see the free AD listApplicability 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.