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AD/HU 269/83 - Tail Rotor Fork Bolt

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This airworthiness directive orders operators and maintainers of Schweizer (Hughes) 269-series helicopters fitted with tail rotor assembly P/N 269A6034 — and holders of spare assemblies or fork bolts P/N 269A6034/369A1602 — to carry out the corrective actions set out in Schweizer Service Information Notice No. N-208. Actions must be completed within 10 flight hours after 16 March 1987 or before installing affected spares. It responds to a manufacturing processing defect that could cause bolt cracking and eventual failure.

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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AD/HU 269/83 Tail Rotor Fork Bolt 5/87 DM

Applicability: 1. All 269 Series Helicopters fitted with P/N 269A6034 tail rotor assembly.

All P/N 269A6034 tail rotor assemblies and all P/N 369A1602 tail rotor fork bolts held as spares.

Requirement: Action in accordance with Schweizer Service Information Notice No. N-208. Compliance: 1. Within 10 hours time in service after 16 March 1987.

Before installation on an aircraft after 16 March 1987.

Background: The possibility exists that tail rotor fork bolts manufactured between 18 April 1986 and 28 August 1986 did not receive proper processing during manufacture.

Incomplete processing may result in cracking and eventual bolt failure.

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