AD/HU 369/42 Collective Torque Tube and Bungee Support Bracket 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/HU 369/42.

McDonnell Douglas (Hughes) and Kawasaki 369 Series Helicopters

AD/HU 369/42 Collective Torque Tube and Bungee
Support Bracket - Inspection 6/2009

Requirement:

CANCELLED.

This AD is cancelled on 4 June 2009.

Background:

This unique Australian AD raised in 1980 against Hughes Service Information Notice (SIN) No. HN-146 required an inspection for cracks of the bungee and collective torque tube support brackets.

Compliance was:  Within100 hours TIS after 31 January 1980.

This AD has been sufficiently promulgated for the affected aircraft to have been inspected by now; therefore this AD is considered to be no longer required.

James Coyne
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

24 April 2009