Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist

35 Mitsubishi MU-2B-40s 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
35
Applicable ADs
1
Recurring
1
Serial-conditional
24

Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Mitsubishi MU-2B-40

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    AD 2020-28855 — Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Airplanes · 2020-12-29

    The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 75-16-20, which applied to all Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Model MU-2B, MU-2B-10, MU-2B-15, MU-2B-20, MU-2B-25, MU-2B-26, MU-2B-30, MU-2B-35, and MU-2B-36 airplanes. AD 75-16-20 required repetitive inspections of the prop…

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 Mitsubishi MU-2B-40

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 MU-2B-40

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.

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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.