COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

Kawasaki BK 117 Series Helicopters

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (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 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/JBK 117/16 Transmission and Engine Cowling Hook System

2/2000

Applicability: Model BK 117 Series, serial numbers 1001 through 1123, except 1007, 1085, and

1107.

Requirement: Action in accordance with Kawasaki Service Bulletin KSB-117-154, dated 25 November 1999.

Note: JCAB AD TCD-5190-99 refers.

Compliance: Before 30 December 2000, unless already accomplished.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 23 March 2000.

Background: The JCAB requires the installation of a hook system to the doors of the transmission and engine cowlings to prevent the doors from opening fully during flight; in the event of the door fasteners not being correctly latched during pre-flight check.

Eugene Paul Holzapfel

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 13 January 2000

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 January 2000.