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AD 2014-02-06 Airworthiness Directives; Agusta S.p.A. Helicopters

2014-03-12
2014-02-25
39-17734
FAA-2014-0035
Airframe
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Applicability*9

This AD becomes effective March 12, 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 the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD No. 2013-0152-E, dated July 17, 2013. You may view the EASA AD on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov in Docket No. FAA-2014-0035.

Unsafe condition

(1) Within 5 hours time in service (TIS), and thereafter at intervals not to exceed 25 hours TIS, visually inspect the swashplate outer ring, P/N 412-010-407-105, for a crack, using a 5X or higher power magnifying glass and a bright light and referring to Figures 1 and 2 in AgustaWestland S.p.A. Alert Bollettino Tecnico No. 412-134, dated July 15, 2013. If a crack exists, before further flight, remove the swashplate outer ring from service. (2) Within 300 hours TIS or 8 months, whichever occurs first, remove the swashplate outer ring, P/N 412-010-407-105, from service. (3) Do not install a swashplate outer ring, P/N 412-010-407-105, on any helicopter.

Affected ADs

This AD defines the unsafe condition as a crack in the main rotor swashplate outer ring. This condition could result in the loss of main rotor blade pitch control and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

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