Cirrus SR20 — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
1,533 Cirrus SR20s 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 Cirrus SR20
- one-timeAD 05-16980 — Airworthiness Directives; Cirrus Design Corporation Models SR20 and SR22 Airplanes · 2005-09-01
The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cirrus Design Corporation (CDC) Models SR20 and SR22 airplanes. This AD requires you to measure and adjust the crew seat break-over bolts and to replace the crew seat recline locks on both crew seats. This AD results f…
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 16 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 SR20
The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System requires a scheduled repack and rocket-motor replacement (historically ~10 years). An overdue CAPS repack is a large deferred cost and an airworthiness item — confirm the last repack date and next-due.
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.
Cirrus singles have a history of secondary-alternator (ALT 2) and master-control-unit faults, and of brake overheating from taxi braking that has started wheel-pant fires. Confirm ALT 2 / MCU service history and any brake / wheel-pant heat inspection.
The records checklist for a Cirrus SR20
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.