Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) Series HeEurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) Series Helicopters

Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) Series Helicopters

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="width:74.35pt; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Applicability:</span></p></td><td style="width:414.55pt; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>EUROCOPTER AS332 L1, AS332 L2 and EC225 LP helicopters, all serial numbers, equipped with the following seat harnesses, fitted with blanking plugs Part Number (P/N) 332V85134620 or P/N 332V85134621, except seat harnesses modified by Eurocopter MOD 332V080169:</span></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="width:196.1pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Harness</span></p></td><td style="width:196.1pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">P/N</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:196.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Schroth</span></p></td><td style="width:196.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span>1-10-725203</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span>1-10-P65203</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:196.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span>AM-SAFE</span></p></td><td style="width:196.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span>503583-407-2251</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span>503583-408-2251</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span>504729-401-2251</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:74.35pt; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Requirement:</span><span style="width:6.69pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></td><td style="width:414.55pt; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-indent:-21.3pt"><span>1.</span><span style="width:12.3pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>Remove all blanking plugs with P/N 332V85134620 and P/N 332V85134621 from seat harness belt buckles installed on aircraft, in accordance with the instructions given in paragraph 2.B of the Eurocopter Alert Service Bulletins referenced below, as applicable to the helicopter version;</span></p><p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-left:42.55pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-indent:-21.3pt"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:7.98pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>If a removed blanking plug is found not failed, discard the plug and no further action is required;</span></p><p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-left:42.55pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-indent:-21.3pt"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:7.31pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>If a removed blanking plug is found failed, before next flight, replace the belt buckle from which it was removed, in accordance with the instructions given in paragraph 2.B.2.b of the Eurocopter Alert Service Bulletins referenced below, as applicable to the helicopter version;</span></p><p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-indent:-21.3pt"><span>2.</span><span style="width:12.3pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>No person shall install any spare seat harness (as identified in the Applicability section of this AD) or its belt buckle as a replacement on an aircraft, unless it has been verified that blanking plugs P/N 332V85134620 and P/N 332V85134621 have been removed and found not failed; if found failed, before installation, replace the relevant seat buckle as required by paragraph (1)(b) of this AD.</span></p><p class="Note" style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:12pt"><span>Note 1:</span><span> </span><span>EASA AD 2008-0075 and Eurocopter Alert Service Bulletins 01.00.72 and 04A003 refer.</span></p><p class="Note" style="margin-top:12pt"><span>Note 2:</span><span> </span><span>A helicopter may only be dispatched with non-replaced belt buckle(s) within the provisions of the applicable Master Minimum Equipment List item(s).</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:74.35pt; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Compliance:</span></p></td><td style="width:414.55pt; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Within one month of the effective date of this Airworthiness Directive.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:74.35pt; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span></span></p></td><td style="width:414.55pt; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 5 June 2008.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:74.35pt; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Background:</span></p></td><td style="width:414.55pt; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Recently, a report was received concerning the discovery of fragments of a plastic blanking plug (fitted to the harness belt buckle 5th attachment point) inside a seat harness belt buckle.</span><span> </span><span>Over time, this blanking plug hardens and becomes brittle.</span><span> </span><span>This condition, if not corrected, can lead to failure of the plug and fragments being caught inside the buckle, causing interference and preventing the belt from being released during an emergency evacuation of the aircraft.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>