AD/Bell 206/36 Amdt 1 Emergency Flotation Solenoid Valve Inspection Cancelled (Cth)

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/BELL 206/36 Amdt 1.

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (BHTC) 206 and Agusta Bell 206 Series Helicopters

AD/BELL 206/36 Amdt 1 Emergency Flotation
Solenoid Valve - Inspection 12/2008

Requirement:	CANCELLED.
This AD is cancelled on 20 November 2008.
Background:	This unique Australian AD, issued in 1972, required a full functional check of the valve assembly employed in the emergency flotation landing gear in accordance with Bell SB 206-21 Rev A.  The AD compliance required functional check 25 hours time in service after 26 October 1972 and thereafter at intervals not exceeding 90 days.  Review of the SDR database and response from the manufacturer revealed no record of defects for these valves.  As there is no evidence for an unsafe condition, the AD is no longer required.

Charles Lenarcic
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

10 October 2008