Review the ADs for an aircraft
With Find them for me on, each aircraft's ADs tab lists the Airworthiness Directives published since 1995 that name its airframe, engine or propeller. Read each one and mark it Applies (and track it as an inspection) or Not applicable with a reason. Nothing is decided for you, and each decision keeps who made it and when.
For owners, admins and technicians
With Find them for me on, each aircraft has an ADs tab listing the Airworthiness Directives published since 1995 that name its make and model, its engine or its propeller. Read each one and mark it Applies (and track it) or Not applicable with a reason. Nothing is decided for you, and every decision keeps who made it and when.
Turn it on#
An owner or admin chooses Find them for me under WebSettings → Airworthiness Directives. See Choose how much AerScheduler does about Airworthiness Directives. The ADs tab then appears on every aircraft, for owners, admins and technicians.
What the list is#
The AD library holds every AD the Federal Register has published since 1995, and checks for new ones daily. An aircraft's list is the ADs in it that name:
- Its airframe, by make and model. A Cessna's ADs may name Textron Aviation, the company that holds the type certificate now; those are included.
- Its engine, by make and model, when the aircraft has one recorded. Looking the tail number up on the aircraft form fills the engine in from the FAA registry.
- Its propeller, when one is recorded. The registry does not carry it, so type it in.
Each row says how the AD names the aircraft: names 172S (the exact model), in the range 172A through 172S (a letter range that covers it), or names the 172 series (its family, which you need to read closely). An AD replaced by a later one is left off; the later one says what it supersedes.
Decide each one#
Open the aircraft and choose ADs
The list opens on To review. Choose a row to read the AD's own applicability, with what matched highlighted, what it requires, and a link to the AD in the Federal Register.
If it applies, choose Applies
Track it as an inspection opens Add inspections with the AD filled in: set its interval or deadline and save, and it is tracked like any AD, with its compliance record when signed off. Applies, nothing to track records that it applies when there is nothing left to schedule, such as a one-time AD already complied with.
If it does not apply, choose Not applicable
Pick why: the serial number is outside the range, the affected part is not installed, an earlier action terminated it, or other (say why in the note). The note is the place for what you checked, such as the serial number.
Decided ADs move to Applies or Not applicable, each showing who decided and when. An AD already tracked by an inspection with its number shows under Applies without anyone deciding it again. To change a decision, open the row's … menu and choose Back to review. Every decision is in the audit log.
When the list is short or empty#
- No engine or propeller recorded. Their ADs are not listed. An owner or admin can add them with Edit aircraft.
- No serial number. The list is the same, but you need the serial to rule an AD out on its range.
- The library is still loading. The first import takes a few hours after this feature arrives; the tab says so, and the list grows as it fills.
Related#
- Track Airworthiness Directives
- Choose how much AerScheduler does about Airworthiness Directives
- Sign off a completed inspection
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