Commonwealth legislation

AD/BELL 205/29 - Main Rotor Blade Bolt Washer - Inspection

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

1/10 complexity

What this is: This is an Airworthiness Directive (AD) — a mandatory safety order issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) under the Civil Aviation Regulations.

What it requires: Owners and operators of Bell 205 series helicopters must inspect the main rotor blade bolt washers (critical components that secure the rotor blades to the hub).

When to do it: Within 25 hours of flight time after 24 March 1976.

How to do it: Follow the instructions in Bell Helicopter Service Bulletin No. 205-76-1, which contains the detailed inspection procedures.

Why it matters: This prevents catastrophic rotor failure due to defective or worn washers, which could cause the helicopter to crash.

JSON API

Deep dive

Want the full deep dive?

Zoe can write the in-depth analysis on top of the summary above: how it works, who it affects and what each part actually does.

Current sections

Direct links to the current provisions in AD/BELL 205/29 - Main Rotor Blade Bolt Washer - Inspection.

AD/BELL 205/29 - Main Rotor Blade Bolt Washer - Inspection

meta-content-style-type: text/css meta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8 meta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0

?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

Bell Helicopter Textron 205 Series Helicopters

AD/BELL 205/29 Main Rotor Blade Bolt Washer - Inspection 3/76

Applicability: All models. Document: Bell SB No. 205-76-1.

Compliance: Within 25 hours time in service after 24 March 1976.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.