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 Airworthiness Directives


This database provides you with all Airworthiness Directives (ADs) issued by the FAA which are still in effect -- some date back to the 1940's. You can quickly view recently published data in this database. ADs can be searched by any word or group of words; or viewed by Number or Make. It is also possible to view historical AD information to see old or cancelled ADs.

Note: To ensure you get accurate results when searching for a list of applicable AD's on a particular aircraft model, also search against the installed engine, propeller, and appliances. In addition, view the "All [product] models" or "[product] Series (All)" (i.e. 777 Series (All)) listings to determine if there are any other ADs that apply to your product.


Full Electronic Distribution of Airworthiness Directives

In September of 2007, we stopped mailing paper copies of ADs applicable to transport airplanes and engines installed on transport airplanes. We will stop mailing paper copies for the remaining products according to the following schedule:

Product

Date

Transport rotorcraft and rotorcraft engines

October 1, 2009

All other rotorcraft and rotorcraft engines

January 1, 2010

All aircraft, engines, and propellers

March 1, 2010

Note: We will continue to fax and/or paper mail Emergency AD's for the foreseeable future

To continue receiving ADs at no cost, please subscribe to our GovDelivery email service by visiting the Regulatory and Guidance Library home page (http://rgl.faa.gov).

For those desiring paper copies, we will continue to provide the AD Biweekly, which is a paid subscription of all ADs issued in the Federal Register over the previous 2-week period. The AD Biweekly is printed and mailed by the Government Printing Office (GPO) and does not include SAIBs. Contact the GPO directly at phone: (202) 512–1806 to subscribe.