Douglas R4D-8 — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
2 Douglas R4D-8s 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 Douglas R4D-8
- one-timeAD 90-05-08 — Airworthiness Directives; MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-3, DC-3A, DC-3B, DC-3C, DC-3D, Super DC-3S, C-41, C-47, C-48, C-49, C-50, C-51, C-52, C-53, C-68, C-84, C-117 · 1990-01-01
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 5 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 Douglas R4D-8
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.