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AD 2013-10-01 Airworthiness Directives; Spectrolab Nightsun XP Searchlight
Applicability*9
This AD becomes effective June 20, 2013.
Compliance
(1) The Manager, Safety Management Group, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: Matt Fuller, Senior Aviation Safety Engineer, Safety Management Group, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76137; telephone (817) 222-5110; email matthew.fuller@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
The subject of this AD is addressed in European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD No. 2010-0237R2, dated December 14, 2010.
Unsafe condition
(1) Before further flight, insert a copy of Nightsun XP Searchlight Safety and Service Bulletin No. SL 0810-01, Amendment No. 2, dated September 24, 2010, into the Normal Procedures section of the Rotorcraft Flight Manual. (2) Before the first flight of each day, visually check the searchlight installation for a gap between the top shroud rubber edging, P/N 033381, and the side covers, P/N 033286, with slight pressure applied to either side of the searchlight. The edging must remain in physical contact with the side covers when slight pressure is applied to the searchlight. (3) The actions required by paragraph (e)(2) of this AD may be performed by the owner/operator (pilot) holding at least a Private Pilot Certificate, and must be entered into the helicopter maintenance records in accordance with 14 CFR 43.9(a)(1)-(4) and 91.417(a)(2)(v). The record must be maintained as required by 14 CFR 91.417, 121.380, or 135.439. (4) If the edging does not remain in physical contact with the side cover when slight pressure is applied to the searchlight in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (e)(2) of this AD, before further flight, with an affected Spectrolab Nightsun XP Searchlight assembly system installed, modify and re-identify the gimbal assembly in accordance with paragraph (e)(5) of this AD. (5) Within 100 hours time-in-service, modify and re-identify the gimbal assembly in accordance with Nightsun XP Searchlight System Kit and Procedure to Incorporate EASA AD 2010-0183 Conformance, 034374 Revision NC, approved September 28, 2010, steps 1 through 13. (6) Accomplishing paragraph (e)(5) of this AD is terminating action for the requirements of this AD.
Affected ADs
This AD defines the unsafe condition as the Searchlight/Gimbal disconnecting from the helicopter and remaining attached solely by the internal cable harness, or separating totally. This condition could result in damage to the helicopter and injury to persons on the ground.
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