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AD/ECUREUIL/124 - Starter Generator

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This Airworthiness Directive requires operators of certain Eurocopter AS350 B3 and EC130 B4 helicopters to fit a placard beneath the VEMD stating a revised maximum generator load of 180 amperes. It applies only to aircraft fitted with an APC 200 A starter generator (P/N 200SGL130Q) that do not have MOD 073345 and must be complied with within 110 flight hours or 12 months. The stated safety reason is that generator loads above 180 A can reduce engine power margin and may cause engine failure.

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Eurocopter AS 350 (Ecureuil) Series Heli

Eurocopter AS 350 (Ecureuil) Series Helicopters

AD/ECUREUIL/124	Starter Generator	2/2007

Applicability:	All AS 350 B3 and EC 130 B4 helicopters, equipped with an APC 200 A starter generator part number 200SGL 130Q and without MOD 073345.
Requirement:	Install a placard indicating a revised maximum generator load, on the instrument panel below the VEMD, in accordance with the instructions specified in paragraph 2.B. of Eurocopter AS 350 Alert Service Bulletin (ASB) No 01.00.57 or Eurocopter EC 130 2 ASB No 04A002, as applicable, or later approved revisions.
	Note: EASA AD 2006-0337 refers.
Compliance:	No later than 110 hours time in service or 12 months after the effective date of this Directive, which ever occurs first.
	This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 15 February 2007.
Background:	This Directive introduces a new placard on the instrument panel below the VEMD advising of that the maximum generator load is 180 Amperes. This revised limitation is introduced as generator load above 180 Amperes can cause excessive power consumption thus reducing the engine margin which can result in engine failure.

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James Coyne
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

4 January 2007

AD/ECUREUIL/124

Starter Generator

2/2007

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Eurocopter AS 350 (Ecureuil) Series Heli Eurocopter AS 350 (Ecureuil) Series Helicopters

Eurocopter AS 350 (Ecureuil) Series Helicopters

AD/ECUREUIL/124	Starter Generator	2/2007

Applicability:	All AS 350 B3 and EC 130 B4 helicopters, equipped with an APC 200 A starter generator part number 200SGL 130Q and without MOD 073345.
Requirement:	Install a placard indicating a revised maximum generator load, on the instrument panel below the VEMD, in accordance with the instructions specified in paragraph 2.B. of Eurocopter AS 350 Alert Service Bulletin (ASB) No 01.00.57 or Eurocopter EC 130 2 ASB No 04A002, as applicable, or later approved revisions.
	Note: EASA AD 2006-0337 refers.
Compliance:	No later than 110 hours time in service or 12 months after the effective date of this Directive, which ever occurs first.
	This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 15 February 2007.
Background:	This Directive introduces a new placard on the instrument panel below the VEMD advising of that the maximum generator load is 180 Amperes. This revised limitation is introduced as generator load above 180 Amperes can cause excessive power consumption thus reducing the engine margin which can result in engine failure.

AD/ECUREUIL/124 - Starter Generator

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Eurocopter AS 350 (Ecureuil) Series Helicopters

Eurocopter AS 350 (Ecureuil) Series Helicopters

AD/ECUREUIL/124

AD/ECUREUIL/124

Starter Generator

Starter Generator

2/2007

2/2007

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Eurocopter AS 350 (Ecureuil) Series Heli Eurocopter AS 350 (Ecureuil) Series Helicopters

Eurocopter AS 350 (Ecureuil) Series Helicopters

AD/ECUREUIL/124 AD/ECUREUIL/124

AD/ECUREUIL/124

Starter Generator Starter Generator

Starter Generator

2/2007 2/2007

2/2007