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AD/S-PUMA/11 Amdt 2 - Main Rotor LE Protective Strip

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This Airworthiness Directive requires operators of Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) helicopters with specified main rotor blades to inspect and, if necessary, repair the adhesion of the glass cloth cap beneath the leading-edge stainless steel protective strip, following Eurocopter Service Bulletin AS 332 SB 05.00.22R4. It revokes the prior amendment.

Operators fund and perform the inspections and any repairs; CASA (by delegate under subregulation 39.1(1)) mandates compliance and ties the technical requirements to the referenced service document and specified part numbers.

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AD/S-PUMA/11 Amdt 2 - Main Rotor LE Protective Strip

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) Series Helicopters

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

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For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/S-PUMA/11 Amdt 1 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

AD/S-PUMA/11

Amdt 2

Main Rotor LE Protective Strip 9/2000

Applicability: Model AS 332; 332C, C1, L, L1, and L2; equipped with main rotor blades specified in the Requirement Document.

Requirement: Action in accordance Eurocopter AS 332 SB 05.00.22R4.

Note: DGAC ADs 88-099-035(A)R5 and 94-078-001(B) refer.

Compliance: Unless already accomplished; as specified in the Requirement Document.

This amendment becomes effective on 7 September 2000.

Background: This Directive requires inspections in order to ensure the adhesion of the glass cloth cap between the blade skin and the leading edge stainless steel protective strip.

Amendment 1 includes the L2 model aircraft, introduces a 500 hour periodicity for some blades and specifies particular caulking compounds for particular blades.

Amendment 2 includes main rotor blades P/N 332A11.0025. ##.

Amendment 1 of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on 26 May 1994.

Signature of David Alan Villiers Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 25 July 2000

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The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 August 2000.

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1 AD/S-PUMA/11 Amdt 2 - Main Rotor LE Protective Strip

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) Series Helicopters

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/S-PUMA/11 Amdt 1 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

AD/S-PUMA/11

Amdt 2

Main Rotor LE Protective Strip 9/2000

Applicability: Model AS 332; 332C, C1, L, L1, and L2; equipped with main rotor blades specified in the Requirement Document.

Requirement: Action in accordance Eurocopter AS 332 SB 05.00.22R4.

Note: DGAC ADs 88-099-035(A)R5 and 94-078-001(B) refer.

Compliance: Unless already accomplished; as specified in the Requirement Document.

This amendment becomes effective on 7 September 2000.

Background: This Directive requires inspections in order to ensure the adhesion of the glass cloth cap between the blade skin and the leading edge stainless steel protective strip.

Amendment 1 includes the L2 model aircraft, introduces a 500 hour periodicity for some blades and specifies particular caulking compounds for particular blades.

Amendment 2 includes main rotor blades P/N 332A11.0025. ##.

Amendment 1 of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on 26 May 1994.

David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 25 July 2000

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 August 2000.