COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 107 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Supplementary Equipment
AD/SUPP/2
Amdt 1
Breeze Hoists - Deactivation 12/81
Applicability: All Breeze Hoists not modified in accordance with AD/SUPP/3.
Note: These hoists are used with supplementary equipment kits for Bell, Agusta Bell and Hughes helicopters, and may be used by other aircraft manufacturers.
Requirement: Until further notice, deactivate the Breeze Hoist system by pulling and locking the hoist control circuit breaker(s) so that it cannot be inadvertently reset.
Compliance: Before further flight after 29 April 1981.
Background: A number of inadvertent hoist cable cuts have occurred in both civil and military helicopters in Australia. AD/SUPP/3 has now been issued which will permit reactivation of the hoist system. AD/BELL 206/87 is also cancelled.