Cessna 525 — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
445 Cessna 525s 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 525
- one-timeAD 05-16530 — Airworthiness Directives; The Cessna Aircraft Company Models 525, 525A, and 525B Airplanes · 2005-08-23
The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 525, 525A, and 525B airplanes. This AD requires you to install identification sleeves on the wiring for both engine fire extinguisher bottles. This AD results from reports of…
- one-timeAD 04-15666 — Airworthiness Directives; The Cessna Aircraft Company Model 525 Airplanes · 2004-07-13
The FAA supersedes Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2003-21-07, which applies to certain The Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Model 525 airplanes. AD 2003-21-07 currently requires you to disengage the pitch trim circuit breaker and AP servo circuit breaker and then tie strap each of …
- one-timeAD 03-26276 — Airworthiness Directives; The Cessna Aircraft Company Model 525 Airplanes · 2003-10-21
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Model 525 airplanes. This AD requires you to disengage the pitch trim circuit breaker and AP servo circuit breaker and then tie strap each of them to prevent them from being en…
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 18 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 525
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.
On Citation-family jets verify landing-gear overhaul currency and, where fitted, thrust-reverser/attenuator inspection compliance, plus the engine program status. These are the recurring high-cost inherited items.
The records checklist for a Cessna 525
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.