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AD/AS 355/60 Amdt 5 - Tail Rotor Blade Trailing Edge
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Eurocopter AS 355 (Twin Ecureuil) Series Helicopters
| AD/AS 355/60 Amdt 5 | Tail Rotor Blade Trailing Edge | 6/2009 |
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| Applicability: | Model AS 355 helicopters, versions E, F, F1, F2, N and NP, equipped with a tail rotor blade part number listed below:355A12-0031-01, -02, -03, -04, -05, -06, -07, -08, -09, -11, -12, -13, -14.355A12-0040-00, -01, -02, -03, -04, -05, -07, -08.355A12-0050-00, -01, -02, -03, -04, -05. |
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| Requirement: | 1. Visually inspect the tail rotor blades in accordance with paragraph 2.B.1. of Eurocopter AS 355 Alert Service Bulletin (ASB) No. 05.00.38 Revision 2, or later EASA approved revision.If a crack is detected during any inspection, before further flight, accomplish the instructions specified in paragraph 2.B.2. of ASB No. 05.00.38 Revision 2, or later EASA approved revision.2. Accomplish the instructions of Repair Sheet FR CN 376 or FR CN 453 on tail rotor blades part number 355A12-0050-00, -01, -02, -03, -04, -05 with serial numbers listed in paragraph 2.B.2.a. of ASB No. 05.00.38 Revision 3, or later EASA approved revision, and on blades with serial numbers below 8419; for which the annotation “repaired as per Work Card 64.10.00.872” or “repaired as per Work Card 64.10.20.712” is recorded on the log card.3. No person shall install tail rotor blades with a part number that is listed in the applicability section of this Directive on any Model AS 355 helicopter, unless they have been inspected and repaired, as necessary, in accordance with paragraph 2.B.1 of ASB No. 05.00.38 Revision 3, or later EASA approved revision.Note: EASA AD 2009-0039 refers. |
| Compliance: | 1. At each check after the last flight of the day (ALF check), and thereafter at intervals not exceeding 10 flight hours between two successive checks.2. No later than 31 March 2009, unless already accomplished.3. As of 9 April 2009. |
| The compliance times remain unchanged by this issue of the Directive.This Directive shall be entered on the Maintenance Release as maintenance required. The required visual inspection may be performed and certified by a Pilot in Command who has been trained to do the inspection by an appropriately qualified person. In this case, a copy of the Requirement document and this Directive is to be carried in the aircraft. | |
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