Cessna 320C — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
22 Cessna 320Cs 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.
Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Cessna 320C
- one-timeAD 90-CE-35-AD — Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate previously held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes ... ) and supplemental notice of pro · 1990-01-01
- one-timeAD 75-11-01 — Airworthiness Directives; CESSNA Model 320 Series Airplanes · 1975-01-01
- one-timeAD 73-07-07 — Airworthiness Directives; CESSNA Models 310 and 320 Series Airplanes · 1973-01-01
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 19 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 320C
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.
Twin Cessnas carry recurring wing-spar (lower cap / spar-strap) inspections and a complex hydraulic landing gear with known actuator, saddle and door-sequencing wear. Confirm the spar AD/SID inspection status and the landing-gear rigging and function checks.
The records checklist for a Cessna 320C
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.