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AD/AS 355/43 Amdt 1 - In Door Sliding Windows

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Requires operators of Eurocopter AS 355 models E, F, F1, F2 and N fitted with specified sliding cabin windows to inspect and then modify those windows on a fixed timetable to prevent in‑flight window loss. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority requires inspections at 25 flight‑hour intervals until windows are modified, and modification within 100 flight hours (or 100‑hour inspections until replaced). Operators/owners pay for and schedule the inspections and modification; compliance follows Eurocopter SB 05.26R1 and the referenced Requirement Document.

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AD/AS 355/43 Amdt 1 - In Door Sliding Windows

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Eurocopter AS 355 (Twin Ecureuil) Series Helicopters

AD/AS 355/43

Amdt 1

In Door Sliding Windows 3/94

Applicability: Models E, F, F1, F2, and N, equipped with the sliding windows listed in the Requirement Document.

Requirement: Action in accordance with Eurocopter AS 355 SB 05.26R1.

Note: DGAC AD 93-089-048(B) R1 refers.

Compliance: 1. Inspect within 25 hours time in service after 3 March 1994, and thereafter at intervals not exceeding 25 hours time in service until modified.

Modify within 100 hours time in service after 3 March 1994, and thereafter inspect at intervals not exceeding 100 hours time in service until replaced by the post mod. windows listed in paragraph 1.C.3 of the Requirement Document.

Note: Both the Requirement Document and the DGAC AD call the modification of the undamaged windows a Repair.

The effective date of the initial issue of this Directive was 7 July 1993.

Background: This Directive is raised to preclude the loss of a window during flight. Amendment 1 introduces a modification to existing windows in lieu of automatic window replacement.

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