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AD 2014-13-01 Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (Airbus Helicopters) (Previously Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH) Helicopters

2014-07-15
2014-06-30
39-17875
FAA-2014-0394
Airframe
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Applicability*9

This AD becomes effective July 15, 2014.

Compliance

(1) The Manager, Safety Management Group, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: George Schwab, Aviation Safety Engineer, Safety Management Group, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76137; telephone (817) 222-5110; email george.schwab@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. 2014-0057, dated March 6, 2014, and corrected March 7, 2014. You may view the EASA AD on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov in Docket No. FAA-2014-0394.

Unsafe condition

Before the next hoist operation, comply with paragraph (e)(1), (e)(2), or (e)(3) of this AD: (1) Repair and re-identify each hoist damper unit in accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions, paragraph 3.B.1, of Airbus Helicopters Emergency Alert Service Bulletin ASB No. MBB-BK117 C-2-85A-041, Revision 2, dated March 4, 2014; or (2) Replace each hoist damper unit with a unit that has been repaired as required by paragraph (e)(1) of this AD; or (3) Deactivate the rescue hoist system.

Affected ADs

This AD defines the unsafe condition as uncommanded detachment of the external hoist damper unit, which could result in loss of an external load or person from the hoist, resulting in injury to persons being lifted by the hoist.

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