Cessna 414A — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
360 Cessna 414As 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 414A
- one-timeAD 05-19928 — Airworthiness Directives; The Cessna Aircraft Company Models 401, 401A, 401B, 402, 402A, 402B, 402C, 404, 411, 411A, 414, 414A, 421, 421A, 421B, 421C, 425, and 441 Airplanes · 2005-10-12
The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 401, 401A, 401B, 402, 402A, 402B, 402C, 404, 411, 411A, 414, 414A, 421, 421A, 421B, 421C, 425, and 441 airplanes equipped with certain avionics bus circuit breaker switches. …
- recurringAD 05-11613 — Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Models 402C and 414A Airplanes · 2005-06-14
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) to supersede AD 2005-05-52 (70 FR 13362, March 21, 2005), which applies to all Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 402C and 414A airplanes. AD 2005-05-52 currently requires you to eddy current inspect the forward wing spa…
- one-timeAD 05-5382 — Airworthiness Directives; the Cessna Aircraft Company Models 402C and 414A Airplanes · 2005-03-21
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) to supersede emergency AD 2005-05-51 and AD 2000-23-01 for The Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 402C and 414A airplanes. This AD contains the same information as emergency AD 2005-05-52 and publishes the action in the …
- one-timeAD 84-03-04 — Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Model 414A, 421C, and 425 Airplanes · 1984-01-01
- one-timeAD 73-22-01 — Airworthiness Directives; CESSNA Models 340, 401, 401A, 401B, 402, 402A, 402B, 411, 411A, 414, 421, 421A, 421B Airplanes · 1973-01-01
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 31 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 414A
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.
NTSB history on the type
1 recorded event on the Cessna 414A 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 Cessna 414A
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.