Piper PA-31T3 — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
2 Piper PA-31T3s 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 Piper PA-31T3
- one-timeAD 03-29871 — Airworthiness Directives; The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA-31, PA-31-300, PA-31-325, PA-31-350, PA-31P, PA-31T, PA-31T1, PA-31T2, PA-31T3, and PA-31P-350 Airplanes · 2003-12-03
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) Models PA-31, PA- 31-300, PA-31-325, PA-31-350, PA-31P, PA-31T, PA-31T1, PA-31T2, PA- 31T3, and PA-31P-350 airplanes. This AD requires you to install an inspection ho…
- recurringAD 96-19277 — Airworthiness Directives; The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Formerly Piper Aircraft Corporation) Models PA31, PA31-300, PA31-325, and PA31- 350 Airplanes; Correction · 1996-07-30
This action makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 96-12-12, which was published in the Federal Register on June 6, 1996 (61 FR 28733), and concerns The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA31, PA31-300, PA31-325, and PA31-350 airplanes. That publication incorrectly refe…
- one-timeAD 85-08-05 — Airworthiness Directives; Piper Model PA-31/PA-31-300 and PA-31-325, PA-31-350, PA-31P, PA-31T, PA-31T1, PA-31T2 and PA-31T3 Airplanes · 1985-01-01
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 17 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 PA-31T3
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.
The records checklist for a Piper PA-31T3
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.