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AD 2020-16-03 Airworthiness Directives; PZL Swidnik S.A. Helicopters
Applicability*9
This AD becomes effective August 10, 2020.
Compliance
(1) The Manager, Rotorcraft Standards Branch, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: Kristin Bradley, Aviation Safety Engineer, Safety Management Section, Rotorcraft Standards Branch, 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, the FAA suggests 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
(1) Chapter 4 Airworthiness Limitations of PZL W-3A Instructions for Continued Airworthiness of Maintenance Manual AE 30.04.20.1 MM, Revision 13, dated January 2017, which is not incorporated by reference, contains additional information about the subject of this AD. For service information identified in this AD, contact WSK PZL-Świdnik S.A., Al. Lotników Polskich 1, 21-045 Świdnik, Poland; telephone +48 81722 6112; or at www.pzl.swidnik.pl . You may view a copy of the service information at the FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy, Room 6N-321, Fort Worth, TX 76177. (2) The subject of this AD is addressed in European Aviation Safety Agency (now European Union Aviation Safety Agency) (EASA) AD No. 2017-0057, dated April 6, 2017. You may view the EASA AD on the internet at https://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating it in Docket No. FAA-2020-0705.
Unsafe condition
Before further flight, remove from service any horizontal stabilizer that has reached 15 or more years since date of manufacture. Thereafter, remove from service any horizontal stabilizer before reaching 15 years since date of manufacture.
Affected ADs
This AD defines the unsafe condition as a horizontal stabilizer remaining in service beyond its life limit. This condition could result in failure of the horizontal stabilizer and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.
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