AD compliance
Boeing 767 family Airworthiness Directive status records review
This review confirms the AD status list for a specific Boeing 767 is supported by accomplishment evidence and correct applicability for the serial number. A records specialist runs it during diligence, at a lease transition, or ahead of a bridging check, working from the AD status list, applicability notes, method-of-compliance evidence, and the accomplishment records behind each entry. Each directive is checked for whether it applies, how it was met, and whether the paperwork proves it. You receive an exception list of AD entries without evidence or with questionable applicability, a source map to each accomplishment record, and a closure plan for this airframe.
When this review is needed
- A Boeing 767 is being acquired and each AD position on the status list must be backed by accomplishment evidence.
- A lease transition requires the AD status reconciled and applicability confirmed for the serial number.
- A recurring AD's next-due point has to be verified before a bridging check is planned.
- A freighter conversion or aging-aircraft program added ADs whose status needs settling.
The problem
On a mature 767 the AD status list is long, and a long list is where compliance taken on trust hides. An early directive can be closed on the list with only a status line and no accomplishment record left in the pack, a recurring AD can show a compliance date without the next-due interval carried forward, and an aging-aircraft or freighter-specific directive can be listed as not applicable when the configuration says otherwise. The list projects full compliance while individual entries lack the evidence or the applicability logic that closes them.
What gets reviewed
- Each AD on the status list checked for applicability to this serial number and configuration
- The method of compliance recorded against each directive confirmed as adequate
- Accomplishment evidence located for every AD shown as complied
- Recurring ADs checked for a carried-forward next-due interval
- Aging-aircraft and freighter-conversion ADs reconciled against the actual configuration
- AD entries without evidence or with questionable applicability flagged for closure
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What gets validated
- Each AD marked complied has an accomplishment record behind it, not just a status line
- Applicability to this serial number and configuration is correct for every AD
- The recorded method of compliance is adequate for the directive it closes
- Recurring ADs carry a next-due point consistent with their interval
- ADs marked not applicable are genuinely not applicable given the airframe's configuration
Evidence normally required
- The current AD status list for the airframe
- Accomplishment records and work orders behind AD compliance
- Method-of-compliance evidence, including any alternative method used
- Configuration and modification records affecting AD applicability
- Recurring AD tracking with intervals and next-due points
Common discrepancies
- An AD closed on the list with no accomplishment record in the pack
- A recurring AD showing a compliance date but no carried-forward next-due
- A directive marked not applicable that the airframe's configuration makes applicable
- A method of compliance recorded without the evidence that supports it
What is at stake
An AD closed on the list without accomplishment evidence is not closed for the receiving operator, and on a transaction it either drives a price adjustment or has to be reconstructed before acceptance. A recurring AD whose next-due was never carried forward is a compliance obligation running blind, and a directive wrongly marked not applicable is an unworked AD sitting on the airframe until an audit or a check exposes it with no time to react.
Move from findings to resolution
Move from findings to a documented resolution path.
How the work runs
Take the status as claimed
Treat the AD status list as the compliance position the airframe is said to hold.
Test applicability and method
Confirm each AD applies to this serial and configuration and that its method of compliance is adequate.
Locate the evidence
Find the accomplishment record behind each complied AD and the next-due for each recurring one.
Scope the closure
Flag entries without evidence or with questionable applicability and sequence their resolution.
What the buyer receives
Who uses the output
- Asset managers pricing or accepting the 767 who need a supported AD position
- CAMO and records teams reconciling the AD status before a transition or check
- Continuing-airworthiness staff verifying recurring AD next-due points
How the work fits into the transaction or program
The AD review settles the compliance position that acceptance and any bridging check depend on. It hands the receiving operator an AD status where every complied entry traces to evidence and every recurring directive has a next-due, so the compliance picture is one they can carry rather than reconstruct after taking the aircraft.
Aircraft-specific considerations
The Boeing 767 carries a deep AD history, and aging-aircraft structural directives and freighter-conversion ADs both add entries whose applicability depends on the specific configuration and conversion status of the airframe. Long service life means engine shop-visit and structural work has repeatedly touched AD-affected areas, so the review pays particular attention to recurring directives whose next-due must be traced across many years of records.
Jurisdiction-specific considerations
A 767 operated under both FAA and EASA oversight will carry FAA airworthiness directives and EASA equivalents, and an alternative method of compliance accepted by one authority is not automatically recognized by the other. The review notes where an AD position was closed under one authority's method and needs a recognized basis for the receiving side.
Regulatory limits
The review reports whether the AD status is supported by evidence and correctly applied. It does not issue an airworthiness determination, approve a method of compliance, or replace the operator's or CAMO's responsibility for AD compliance.
What this review does not cover
- Physical accomplishment or re-accomplishment of any AD on the aircraft
- Approval of an alternative method of compliance
- Making an airworthiness determination on the AD position
Specific to this review
- On a mature 767 the length of the AD list is itself the risk, because early directives are the ones most likely to be closed without evidence in the pack.
- A recurring AD without a carried-forward next-due is a compliance obligation running blind even when the last accomplishment is documented.
- Freighter-conversion status changes AD applicability, so a directive's not-applicable mark must be read against the actual conversion state.
- An alternative method of compliance accepted by one authority does not transfer automatically to the other on a dual-oversight airframe.
Sources
U.S. Government (eCFR). The legal basis for issuing and enforcing Airworthiness Directives on U.S.-registered products.
U.S. Government (eCFR). Records an owner or operator must keep, including total time in service, current status of life-limited parts, and AD compliance.
European Union / EASA. Continuing airworthiness, maintenance records, CAMO responsibilities, and the airworthiness review process in the EASA system.
Frequently asked questions
The AD status list shows full compliance, so why review it?
A status list shows what someone recorded, not what the evidence supports. On a mature 767 the review confirms each complied AD has an accomplishment record behind it, that recurring directives carry a next-due, and that no directive is wrongly marked not applicable for the airframe's configuration.
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