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AD/BELL 204/34 - Tail Rotor Hub

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This Airworthiness Directive requires operators of Model 204B helicopters to remove from service tail rotor hubs, part number 204-011-801-121, with serial numbers IT0001–IT0010 before the next flight. It is issued to prevent hub failure and cross-references FAA AD 89-20-12.

Owners/operators must identify and replace the listed hubs immediately, bearing the cost and operational downtime; the directive was issued under subregulation 39.1(1) of CAR 1998 and became effective 10 August 2000.

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

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For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

AD/BELL 204/34 Tail Rotor Hub 8/2000

Applicability: Model 204B.

Requirement: Remove from service tail rotor hub P/N 204-011-801-121 with any serial number IT0001 to and including IT0010.

Compliance: Before further flight after the effective date of this directive.

Note: FAA AD 89-20-12 refers.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 10 August 2000.

Background: This directive is issued to prevent failure of certain tail rotor hubs. It also follows the re-introduction of the AD Series after sixteen years.

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David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 6 July 2000

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The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 July 2000.

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.