COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Bell Helicopter Textron 204 Series Helicopters
AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE
For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/BELL 204/6 Amdt 11 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 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.
AD/BELL 204/6
Amdt 12
Fatigue Critical Components Retirement Lives 8/2000
Applicability: Model Bell 204B.
Requirement: All components listed in BHT-204B-M&O must be retired from service at the time in service specified therein, except for:
- MR masts listed at AD/Bell 204/44 which have RIN reduced to 265 000,
- Bolts connecting main rotor swashplate outer ring trunnions to swashplate drive links - retire at 500 hours time in service.
All components covered by this directive must have a component log card on which hours time in service, torque events, or RIN are recorded. Components for which a history cannot be substantiated are to be removed from service.
Compliance: From the effective date of this directive.
This Amendment becomes effective on 10 August 2000.
Background: It also follows the re-introduction of the AD Series after sixteen years.
David Alan Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 6 July 2000
The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 July 2000.