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AD 2013-24-19 Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Helicopters
Applicability*9
This AD becomes effective January 24, 2014.
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. 2012-0152, dated August 13, 2012. You may view the EASA AD at http://www.regulations.gov in Docket No. FAA-2013-0524.
Unsafe condition
Within 110 hours time-in-service (TIS), visually inspect each jettisonable emergency exit window panel (window) by doing the following: (1) Lift the extrusion slightly using a flat tool that does not cause scoring. (2) Inspect for sealant on the inside and outside of the window between the window and the extrusion and between the extrusion and the structure. Note 1 to paragraph (e)(2) of this AD: The presence of a sealant bead on the extrusion parting lines, on the window pull-out seal parting lines, and on the pull-out straps is expected, as shown in Figure 1 of Eurocopter Alert Service Bulletin (ASB) No. AS332-56.00.04 or ASB No. EC225-56A002, both Revision 0, and both dated August 8, 2012, as applicable to your model helicopter. (3) If there is no sealant as shown in Photo 1 of Figure 2 of Eurocopter ASB No. AS332-56.00.04 or ASB No. EC225-56A002, as applicable to your model helicopter, no further action is required. (4) If there is sealant between the structure and the profile as shown in Photo 2 of Figure 2 of Eurocopter ASB No. AS332-56.00.04 or ASB No. EC225-56A002, as applicable to your model helicopter, or if you cannot determine whether there is sealant, remove the extrusion. (5) Remove all sealant from the extrusion, the window, and the structure. (6) If there is any crazing, cracking or other damage on the extrusion, replace with an airworthy extrusion.
Affected ADs
This AD defines the unsafe condition as the presence of sealant on an emergency exit window panel. This condition could result in the window failing to jettison, preventing the helicopter occupants from exiting the aircraft during an emergency.
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