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AD/SA 315/8 - Tail Rotor Gearbox Support Lugs at Tail Boom
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Eurocopter SA 315 (Lama) Series Helicopters
| AD/SA 315/8 | Tail Rotor Gearbox Support Lugs at Tail Boom | 12/2006 |
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| Applicability: | Model SA 315 B helicopters. |
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| Requirement: | 1. Inspect in accordance with paragraph 1.C.2. of Eurocopter Service BulletinNo. 05.19.2. Visually inspect the tubes/tail rotor gearbox support lugs junction areas.Note: DGAC AD 82-29-22(B) refers. |
| Compliance: | 1. Unless already accomplished, within 50 flight hours after the effective date of this Directive. Inspect thereafter at each removal/installation of the tail rotor gearbox and tail boom.2. After Requirement 1 compliance, during last flight of the day inspection; and, after every 400 flight hours of operation, accomplish a detailed visual inspection with a magnifying glass. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 23 November 2006. | |
| Background: | The DGAC requires inspections to detect possible cracks at the location of the tail rotor gearbox support lugs on tail boom. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
13 October 2006