Navion NAVION B — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist

42 Navion NAVION Bs 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
42
Applicable ADs
3
Recurring
0
Serial-conditional
10

Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Navion NAVION B

  • one-time
    AD 63-21-05 — Airworthiness Directives; Sierra Hotel Aero, Inc. D-16 D-16A 480 Navion (Army L-17A) Navion A (Army L-17B and L-17C) Navion B Navion D Navion E Navion F Nav · 1963-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 54-18-01 — Airworthiness Directives; Sierra Hotel Aero, Inc. Navion (Army L-17A) Navion A (Army L-17B and L-17C) Navion B Sierra Hotel Aero, Inc.\Navion (Army L-17A) S · 1954-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 53-03-01 — Airworthiness Directives; Navion All Model B Aircraft · 1953-01-01

This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 10 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 Navion NAVION B

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 NAVION B

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.