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AD 2011-27-08 Airworthiness Directives; Agusta S.p.A. Helicopters
Applicability*9
This airworthiness directive (AD) becomes effective February 8, 2012.
Compliance
(1) The Manager, Safety Management Group, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: Jim Grigg, Manager, FAA, Rotorcraft Directorate, Safety Management Group, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137, telephone (817) 222-5126, fax (817) 222-5961, email jim.grigg@faa.gov. (2) For operations conducted under a Part 119 operating certificate or under Part 91, Subpart K, we suggest that you notify your principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager of the local flight standards district office or certificate holding district office, before operating any aircraft complying with this AD through an AMOC.
Required actions
The subject of this AD is addressed in European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD No. 2011-0150, dated August 11, 2011.
Unsafe condition
(1) For elevator assemblies with less than 400 hours time-in-service (TIS), upon or before reaching 400 hours TIS, and thereafter at intervals not to exceed 50 hours TIS, inspect the left and right elevator upper skin along the 4th rib station rivet line from the leading edge to 200 mm inboard with a 10X or higher magnifying glass for a crack in the area depicted in Figure 1 of Agusta Mandatory Bollettino Tecnico (ABT) No. 109S-44 or 109SP-032, both dated August 5, 2011, for your model helicopter. (2) For elevator assemblies with 400 or more hours TIS, within the next 30 hours TIS, and thereafter at intervals not to exceed 50 hours TIS, inspect the left and right elevator upper skin along the 4th rib station rivet line from the leading edge to 200 mm inboard with a 10X or higher magnifying glass for a crack in the area depicted in Figure 1 of the ABT for your model helicopter. (3) If there is a crack, replace the cracked elevator assembly with an airworthy elevator assembly before further flight.
Affected ADs
This AD defines the unsafe condition as a fatigue crack on the elevator assembly. This condition could result in failure of the elevator, reduced maneuverability of the helicopter, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.
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