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AD/S-PUMA/43 Amdt 2 - Ferry Tank Attachment

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This Airworthiness Directive requires operators of Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) helicopters (versions C, C1, L, L1) fitted with pre-modification ferry tanks to limit refuelling of each ferry tank to 328 kg. CASA enforces the limit; the rear (fifth) fuel tank is excluded. Amendment 2 updates the referenced service document but does not change the technical requirement or compliance timing.

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AD/S-PUMA/43 Amdt 2 - Ferry Tank Attachment

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

On the effective date specified below, and for the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/S-PUMA/43 Amdt 1 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CASR 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.

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Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) Series Helicopters

AD/S-PUMA/43

Amdt 2

Ferry Tank Attachment 12/2004

Applicability: AS 332 helicopters, versions C, C1, L, and L1, equipped with ferry tanks pre- modification 0726279 or before compliance with Eurocopter AS 332 Service Bulletin No. 53.01.37 or SB 53.01.38, or Technical Directive No. 53.91.35.

Note: The limitation stipulated in this Directive is not applicable to the fifth fuel tank, which is located in the rear of the helicopter.

Requirement: Limit ferry tank refuelling to 328 kg per tank in accordance with the instructions specified in paragraph 2.B. of Eurocopter AS 332 Alert Service Bulletin No.

01.00.67.

Note: DGAC AD F-2002-508 R2 refers.

Compliance: Effective from 23 October 2002.

The compliance time remains unchanged by this issue.

This Amendment becomes effective on 25 November 2004.

Background: A report was received of a hard landing, during which a ferry tank was torn from its attachment on the baggage compartment floor.

Amendment 1 introduced Revision 1 of the Requirement document, with no change to technical content.

Amendment 2 is issued in response to a revision of the related DGAC AD, which introduces a new Alert Service Bulletin as the Requirement document instead of the previous Alert Telex, with no change to technical content.

Amendment 1 of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on 20 March 2003.

Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) Series Helicopters

AD/S-PUMA/43 Amdt 2 (continued)

The original issue of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on 23 October 2002.

Signature of David Villiers Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

David Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 14 October 2004

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The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 3 November 2004.

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1 AD/S-PUMA/43 Amdt 2 - Ferry Tank Attachment

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) Series Helicopters

AD/S-PUMA/43

Amdt 2

Ferry Tank Attachment 12/2004

Note: The limitation stipulated in this Directive is not applicable to the fifth fuel tank, which is located in the rear of the helicopter.

Requirement: Limit ferry tank refuelling to 328 kg per tank in accordance with the instructions specified in paragraph 2.B. of Eurocopter AS 332 Alert Service Bulletin No.

01.00.67.

Note: DGAC AD F-2002-508 R2 refers.

Compliance: Effective from 23 October 2002.

The compliance time remains unchanged by this issue.

This Amendment becomes effective on 25 November 2004.

Background: A report was received of a hard landing, during which a ferry tank was torn from its attachment on the baggage compartment floor.

Amendment 1 introduced Revision 1 of the Requirement document, with no change to technical content.

Amendment 1 of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on 20 March 2003.

Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) Series Helicopters

AD/S-PUMA/43 Amdt 2 (continued)

The original issue of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on 23 October 2002.