Eurocopter SA 360 and SA 365 (Dauphin) S
Eurocopter SA 360 and SA 365 (Dauphin) Series Helicopters
Eurocopter SA 360 and SA 365 (Dauphin) Series Helicopters
| AD/DAUPHIN/70 Amdt 1 | Sliding Doors | 12/2005 |
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| Applicability: | Model SA 365 C, C1, C2, and C3 helicopters equipped with left hand and right hand sliding doors. |
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| Requirement: | 1. Check the upper rail of the left hand and right hand sliding doors in accordance with paragraph 2.B.1.of Eurocopter SA 365 C Alert Service Bulletin No. 52.08.2. Check the upper fitting of the left hand and right hand sliding doors in accordance with paragraph 2.B.2. of Eurocopter SA 365 C Alert Service Bulletin No. 52.08.Note: DGAC AD F-2004-052 R1 refers. |
| Compliance: | 1. After the last flight of the next flying day after 21 April 2004.2. Within 50 flight hours after 21 April 2004, unless already accomplished.The compliance times remain unchanged by this issue. |
| This Amendment becomes effective on 24 November 2005. | |
| Background: | The DGAC requires certain actions in response to the in-flight loss of a sliding door.Amendment 1 is issued in response to a revision of the related DGAC AD, which converts the Alert Telex Requirement document into an Alert Service Bulletin with the same reference number and no change to technical content.The original issue of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on 21 April 2004. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
14 October 2005