Airworthiness directives › 2016-01-06
AD 2016-01-06 Airworthiness Directives; Agusta S.p.A. Helicopters
Applicability*9
This AD becomes effective January 28, 2016.
Compliance
(1) The Manager, Safety Management Group, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: Martin R. Crane, Aviation Safety Engineer, Safety Management Group, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5110; email 9-ASW-FTW-AMOC-Requests@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. 2015-0155, dated July 28, 2015. You may view the EASA AD on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating it in Docket No. FAA-2015-8695.
Unsafe condition
Within 25 hours time-in-service: (1) Remove each slip ring from the helicopter. Remove each lockwire, fastener, and washer by following the Compliance Instructions, paragraphs 3 through 5, of Moog Service Bulletin SB 14-02, Revision D, undated, included as Annex A to Agusta Westland Bollettino Tecnico (BT) No. 139-404, dated December 22, 2014, except you are not required to discard parts. (2) Inspect the wall of the mounting plate hole for a chatter mark, witness mark, or scoring. If there is a chatter mark, witness mark, or scoring, replace the slip ring with a slip ring that is not listed in paragraph (a) of this AD. (3) Determine the depth of the mounting plate hole. If the depth exceeds the grip length of the screw, replace the slip ring with a slip ring that is not listed in paragraph (a) of this AD. (4) Re-identify the slip ring by marking a letter “T” after the serial number with permanent black pen and applying acrylic lacquer (CO81 or equivalent). (5) Do not install an affected slip ring on any helicopter unless the slip ring has passed the inspections in accordance with this AD.
Affected ADs
This AD defines the unsafe condition as a loose or missing screw connecting the mounting flange and the slip ring body. This condition could result in separation of the mounting flange from the slip ring body and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.
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