Airworthiness directives › 2013-16-03
AD 2013-16-03 Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Helicopters
Applicability*9
This AD becomes effective October 22, 2013.
Compliance
(1) The Manager, Safety Management Group, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: Robert Grant, Aviation Safety Engineer, Safety Management Group, FAA, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76137; telephone 817-222-5328; email robert.grant@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 AD No. 2011-0104, dated May 27, 2011. You may view the EASA AD at http://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating it in Docket No. FAA-2013-0119.
Unsafe condition
Within 100 hours time-in-service: (1) Remove the control lever, as depicted in Figure 1, item (b), of Eurocopter Alert Service Bulletin (ASB) No. AS350-65.00.46 or No. AS355-65.00.22, both Revision 0 and both dated May 18, 2011, as applicable for your model helicopter. (2) Strip the paint from the TGB control lever attachment yokes, as depicted in Figure 2, item (z), of the ASB No. AS350-65.00.46 or No. AS355-65.00.22, as applicable to your model helicopter. (3) Perform a Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) in accordance with paragraph 3.B.2 of ASB No. AS350-65.00.46 or No. AS355-65.00.22, as applicable to your model helicopter, on the TGB control lever attachment yokes for a crack. You are only required to follow the actions defined in this ASB paragraph pertaining to the FPI. (4) If a crack exists, before further flight, replace the TGB with an airworthy TGB. (5) If there is no crack, clean the inspected area and apply chemical conversion coating (Alodine 1200 or equivalent), Epoxy primer, and top coat paint.
Affected ADs
This AD defines the unsafe condition as a crack in the control lever attachment yoke of the TGB casing assembly, which could result in loss of tail rotor pitch control and loss of helicopter control.
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