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AD 2014-07-51 Airworthiness Directives; AgustaWestland S.p.A. Helicopters
Applicability*9
This AD becomes effective August 20, 2014 to all persons except those persons to whom it was made immediately effective by Emergency AD (EAD) No. 2014-07-51, issued on March 27, 2014, which contains the requirements of this AD.
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) EAD No. 2014-0073-E, dated March 20, 2014. You may view the EASA EAD on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov in Docket No. FAA-2014-0478.
Unsafe condition
(1) Within 5 hours time-in-service (TIS) and thereafter at intervals not to exceed 5 hours TIS, inspect the M/R Rotating Scissors for play of the bearing in accordance with paragraph 4. of Part I, Compliance Instructions, of BT 139-368. (2) If there is play, before further flight, accomplish a detailed inspection of the M/R Rotating Scissors in accordance with steps 9.1 through 12.9 of AgustaWestland AW139 Document Code 39-C-62-31-00-00A-286C-A, Rotating control installation—Fixed swashplate and rotating scissors—Detailed inspection, issue 001, dated August 6, 2012. If there is play beyond allowable limits, before further flight, remove the bearing. (3) Within 50 hours TIS, remove any bearing listed in paragraph (a) of this AD. (4) Prior to installing a M/R Rotating Scissors with a S/N listed in paragraph (a) of this AD, replace the bearing and re-identify the M/R Rotating Scissors in accordance with paragraphs 4.2. through 4.4. of Part II, Compliance Instructions, of BT 139-368. (5) Do not install a bearing listed in paragraph (a) of this AD into any M/R Rotating Scissors.
Affected ADs
This AD defines the unsafe condition as excessive play of the bearing in the M/R Rotating Scissors. This condition could result in failure of the M/R Rotating Scissors and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.
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