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AD/HU 369/108 Amdt 3 - Tailboom Attachment
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| AD/HU 369/108 Amdt 3 | Tailboom Attachment | 2/2009 |
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| Applicability: | Model 600N helicopters, serial numbers with a prefix “RN” and 003 through 058, that have not been modified in the fuselage aft section to strengthen the tailboom attachments and longerons in accordance with MD Helicopters Technical Bulletins TB600N-007, TB600N-007R1, or TB600N-007R2, or a later FAA approved revision. |
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| Requirement: | Action in accordance with the technical requirements of FAA AD 2008-20-05Amdt 39-15684. |
| Compliance: | As specified in the Requirement document. |
| This Amendment becomes effective on 12 February 2009. | |
| Background: | The FAA received a report of a cracked tailboom attachment bolt on an MD 600N helicopter. Further inspection revealed cracking on bolts and attachments on several other helicopters. This condition, if not corrected, could result in failure of a tailboom attachment, loss of the tailboom, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.Amendment 1 required the same actions as the original issue of this Directive, but also required additional inspection holes in the aft fuselage skin panels and inspection of the upper and lower tailboom attachment fittings, the upper longerons, and the angles and nutplates for cracks. It also required eventual replacement of the upper right tailboom attachment fitting.Amendment 2 required modification of the fuselage aft section to strengthen the tailboom attachment fittings and upper longerons. |
| Amendment 3 is issued in response to a new FAA AD, which requires modifying the fuselage aft section, repetitively inspecting the tailboom attachment fittings, installing inspection holes and attachment bolt washers, modifying both access covers, and replacing broken attachment bolts. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
5 December 2008