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AD 2013-19-07 Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Helicopters
Applicability*9
This AD becomes effective November 6, 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 817-222-5110; 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 (EASA) AD No. 2012-0206, dated October 2, 2012. You may view the EASA AD on the internet in the AD Docket at http://www.regulations.gov.
Unsafe condition
(1) Within 50 hours time-in-service, using a mirror, inspect the rear beam of each seat for weld beads in the areas depicted in the Appendix, Figure 1, of Eurocopter Alert Service Bulletin (ASB) No. AS365-25.01.18 for model SA-365N, SA-365N1, AS-365N2, and AS 365 N3 helicopters; ASB No. EC155-25A114 for model EC155 B and EC155B1 helicopters; ASB No. AS332-25.02.49 for model AS332C, AS332L, AS332L1, and AS332 L2 helicopters; and ASB No. EC225-25A110 for model EC225LP helicopters. All ASBs are Revision 1 and dated August 9, 2012. (2) If any weld bead is missing from the rear beam, before further flight, remove the seat and replace it with an airworthy seat. (3) Do not install a seat listed in paragraph (a) of this AD on any helicopter unless it has been inspected as required by this AD.
Affected ADs
This AD defines the unsafe condition as a missing weld on a seat rear beam, which could result in failure of the seat and injury to the pilot during a hard landing.
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