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AD 2013-19-01 Airworthiness Directives; AgustaWestland S.p.A. Helicopters
Applicability*9
This AD becomes effective October 25, 2013.
Compliance
(1) The Manager, Safety Management Group, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: Sharon Miles, Aviation Safety Engineer, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76137; telephone (817) 222-5110; email sharon.y.miles@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. 2012-0058, dated April 3, 2012. You may view the EASA AD on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov in Docket No. FAA-2013-0350.
Unsafe condition
Within the next 50 hours time-in-service (TIS) or within the next five months, whichever comes first: (1) Visually inspect the pilot and co-pilot doors by referencing Figure 1 of AugustaWestland Bollettino Tecnico 119-47, dated March 29, 2012 (BT), to determine whether there is bonding between the seal (3) and the window (4) in the internal and external side of the seal's junction area. (2) If there is no bonding, before further flight, apply bonding to the windows, seals, and window frames in accordance with the Compliance Instructions, paragraphs 5 through 20, of the BT.
Affected ADs
This AD defines the unsafe condition as a window detaching from the pilot or co-pilot doors, which could result in damage to the helicopter and injury to persons on the ground.
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