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AD 2013-10-05 Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH Helicopters
Applicability*9
This AD becomes effective June 10, 2013.
Compliance
(1) The Manager, Safety Management Group, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: George Schwab, Aviation Safety Engineer, Safety Management Group, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76137; telephone (817) 222-5110; email george.schwab@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 MBB-BK117 C-2-22A-013, dated October 12, 2012, 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 N. Forum Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 75052; telephone (972) 641-0000 or (800) 232-0323; fax (972) 641-3775; or at http://www.eurocopter.com/techpub. 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 the European Aviation Safety Agency AD No. 2012-0216, dated October 18, 2012.
Unsafe condition
Within 25 hours time-in-service or 30 days, whichever comes first, revise the Operating Limitations section of the MBB-BK 117C-2 Rotorcraft Flight Manual (RFM), under paragraph 2.2, Kinds of Operations, by inserting a copy of this AD into the RFM or by making pen and ink changes to add the following statement: Dispatch under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) or night Visual Flight Rules (VFR) with the Autotrim inoperative in Pitch or Roll or a combined inoperative Autotrim in Cyclic and Yaw axis is PROHIBITED.
Affected ADs
This AD defines the unsafe condition as a failure of the autotrim system in pitch or roll, or a combined inoperative autotrim in the cyclic and yaw axis. This condition could significantly increase the pilot's workload to stabilize the helicopter, especially in low visibility conditions, resulting in loss of helicopter control.
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