Airworthiness directives › 2022-06-12
AD 2022-06-12 Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters
Models named: SA330J. Read the applicability below — it usually turns on serial or part numbers too.
Applicability*9
This AD applies to Airbus Helicopters Model SA330J helicopters, certificated in any category, as identified in European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD 2021-0152R1, dated July 20, 2021 (EASA AD 2021-0152R1).
Compliance
Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified, unless already done.
Required actions
Except as specified in paragraph (h) of this AD: Comply with all required actions and compliance times specified in, and in accordance with, EASA AD 2021-0152R1.
Unsafe condition
This AD was prompted by a review of Airbus Helicopters Model EC225LP helicopter data that revealed potential tightening torque loss of the attachment screws of the upper deck fittings of the three main gearbox (MGB) suspension bars. Due to design similarities, the MGB right-hand (RH) rear fittings and MGB RH rear fitting attachment screws on Model SA330J helicopters could also be affected. Additional analysis confirmed that the service life limit (life limit) (SLL) for the affected MGB RH rear fittings needs to be reduced for helicopters on which these affected parts were operated concurrently with metallic main rotor blades installed. The FAA is issuing this AD to address tightening torque loss of the attachment screws of the upper deck fittings of the three MGB suspension bars. The unsafe condition, if not addressed, could result in structural failure of the MGB RH rear fittings and MGB RH rear fitting attachment screws, resulting in detachment of the MGB suspension bars and consequent loss of control of the helicopter.
Affected ADs
None.
Read the original on the Federal Register →
You just looked this one up by hand
TrackAD holds all 12,278 of them and matches them against the aircraft you actually look after — airframe, engine, propeller and appliances in one pass — then works out what falls due and when.
- Bring your existing list in from a spreadsheet Paste the rows straight out of Excel. Headers like C/W Date and N/A are read for you.
- A copy that works when this does not One file. No internet, no login, no this software running. For the morning something has to be produced and the computer is not cooperating.
- $5 a month, or $50 a year Up to 50 aircraft on either.
Look round a real shop first Start free
The demonstration shop is eleven real aircraft with a year of work behind them. No account needed.
The directive text above is reproduced from the Federal Register, a work of the United States government and in the public domain. The separation into applicability, compliance and required actions is TrackAD's.*1