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AD 2013-16-16 Airworthiness Directives; Agusta S.p.A. and Bell Helicopter Textron Helicopters
Applicability*9
This AD becomes effective September 17, 2013.
Compliance
(1) The Manager, New York Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: ATTN: Program Manager, Continuing Operational Safety, FAA, New York ACO, 1600 Stewart Ave., Suite 410, Westbury, New York 11590; telephone (516) 228-7300; fax (516) 794-5531. (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) Dart Instructions for Continued Airworthiness No. ICA-D212-664, Revision 8, dated October 20, 2011, which is not incorporated by reference, contains additional information about the subject of this AD. For service information identified in this AD, contact Dart Aerospace LTD., 1270 Aberdeen St, Hawkesbury, ON, K6A 1K7, Canada; telephone: 1 613 632 5200; Fax: 1 613 632 5246; or at www.dartaero.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 Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) AD No. CF-2012-14R1, dated May 9, 2012. You may view a copy of the TCCA AD and a copy of STC No. SR01298NY in the AD Docket on the Internet at http:/www.regulations.gov .
Unsafe condition
Within 30 days: (1) Create a component history card or equivalent record for each crosstube. Determine the number of landings on each crosstube and enter it on the component history card or equivalent record. If the number of landings is unknown, calculate 10 landings per flight hour. (2) Revise the Airworthiness Limitations section of the maintenance manual to reflect that crosstube, P/N D412-664-203, has a retirement life of 10,000 landings. (3) Remove from service any crosstube with a number of landings equal to or greater than 10,000.
Affected ADs
This AD defines the unsafe condition as failure of a crosstube, which could result in collapse of the landing gear.
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