Convair 340 — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist

7 Convair 340s 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.

Registered
7
Applicable ADs
10
Recurring
0
Serial-conditional
24

Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Convair 340

  • one-time
    AD 63-10-03 — Airworthiness Directives; GENERAL DYNAMICS/CONVAIR Model 340 and 440 Aircraft · 1963-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 60-14-01 — Airworthiness Directives; CONVAIR Models 340/440 Aircraft ACTION: SUMMARY: DATES: ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: REG · 1960-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 59-04-02 — Airworthiness Directives; CONVAIR Model 240/340/440 Series Aircraft ACTION: SUMMARY: DATES: ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORM · 1959-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 58-01-03 — Airworthiness Directives; CONVAIR Model 440 and 340 Aircraft ACTION: SUMMARY: DATES: ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: · 1958-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 57-14-01 — Airworthiness Directives; CONVAIR Models 240/340 Series Aircraft ACTION: SUMMARY: DATES: ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATI · 1957-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 56-18-02 — Airworthiness Directives; CONVAIR Model 340 Aircraft ACTION: SUMMARY: DATES: ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: REGULATO · 1956-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 56-27-01 — Airworthiness Directives; CONVAIR Models 340 and 440 Aircraft ACTION: SUMMARY: DATES: ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: · 1956-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 56-20-04 — Airworthiness Directives; CONVAIR Model 240, 340 and 440 Aircraft ACTION: SUMMARY: DATES: ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMAT · 1956-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 56-24-02 — Airworthiness Directives; CONVAIR AND MARTIN Models 240, 340, 202A and 404 ACTION: SUMMARY: DATES: ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY · 1956-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 55-15-02 — Airworthiness Directives; CONVAIR Models 240 and 340 Series Aircraft ACTION: SUMMARY: DATES: ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFOR · 1955-01-01

This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 24 serial/mod-conditional ADs that actually apply to your aircraft come from its digitized logbooks — that’s the verified report.

The records checklist for a Convair 340

Airworthiness Directives
Every applicable AD matched to compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates.
Annual / 100-hr inspections
A continuous, signed inspection history (14 CFR 91.409) with no gaps.
Service bulletins & letters
Mandatory and recommended SBs/SLs, complied or noted.
Life-limited parts
Airworthiness-limitations items tracked against their limits.
Form 337s / major alterations
Field approvals and STCs on file and reconciled.
Equipment inspections
ELT (91.207), transponder (91.413), altimeter/pitot-static (91.411).
Damage & accident history
NTSB and repair-major records for this exact tail.
Logbook continuity
Unbroken records — the gaps are where value and airworthiness hide.
Run a verified records report on your 340

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Applicability 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.