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AD 2012-26-07 Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Helicopters
Applicability*9
This AD becomes effective February 11, 2013.
Compliance
(1) The Manager, Aviation Safety Group, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: Gary Roach, Aviation Safety Engineer, Regulations and Policy Group, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76137; telephone (817) 222-5110; email gary.b.roach@faa.gov. (2) For operations conducted under a 14 CFR part 119 operating certificate or under 14 CFR 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
(1) Eurocopter Alert Service Bulletin No. 25.01.02, dated September 24, 2008, which is not incorporated by reference, contains additional information about the subject of this AD. For service information identified in this AD, contact American Eurocopter Corporation, 2701 Forum Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 75053-4005, telephone (800) 232-0323, fax (972) 641-3710, or at http://www.eurocopter.com . You may review a copy of the service information at the FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Room 663, Fort Worth, Texas 76137. (2) The subject of this AD is addressed in European Aviation Safety (EASA) AD No. 2008-0189, dated October 10, 2008.
Unsafe condition
(1) Determine the manufacturing date of each part-numbered container assembly stamped on the cover of the identification plate. (2) Replace each container assembly with an airworthy container assembly as follows: (i) For a container assembly with a date of manufacture 12 or more years before the effective date of this AD, replace within 30 days. (ii) For a container assembly with a date of manufacture 10 or more years and less than 12 years before the effective date of this AD, replace within 60 days. (iii) For a container assembly with a date of manufacture 9 or more years and less than 10 years before the effective date of this AD, replace before reaching 10 years and 60 days. (iv) For a container assembly with a date of manufacture less than 9 years before the effective date of this AD, replace before reaching 10 years.
Affected ADs
This AD defines the unsafe condition as failure of the container assembly because of age. This condition could result in damage to the helicopter and injury to the occupants after an emergency water landing.
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