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Airworthiness Directive

AD 2008-10-03 73 FR 24858 Superseded

Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39

Requires certain checks and inspections of each tail rotor blade assembly (T/R blade) at specified intervals and repairing or replacing, as applicable, any unairworthy T/R blade.

Superseded by AD 2013-15-02Federal Register (opens in a new tab)

FR document
E8-9790
Amendment
39-15509
Published
2008-05-06
Effective
2008-05-21
Models covered
2

Last live check: 2026-10-04

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AD

2008-10-03

FR doc E8-9790 · 73 FR 24858

AD 2008-10-03Published 2008-05-06Effective 2008-05-21

Superseded by 2013-15-02

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FAA rule - 14 CFR 39

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Requires certain checks and inspections of each tail rotor blade assembly (T/R blade) at specified intervals and repairing or replacing, as applicable, any unairworthy T/R blade.

Full official abstract

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Bell Helicopter Textron (Bell) model helicopters. This action requires certain checks and inspections of each tail rotor blade assembly (T/R blade) at specified intervals and repairing or replacing, as applicable, any unairworthy T/R blade. This amendment is prompted by three failures of a T/R blade occurring during flight and a recent incident of a cracked T/R blade discovered during a scheduled visual inspection. The actions specified in this AD are intended to detect damage to a T/R blade that could lead to cracking of a T/R blade and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

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All Bell 205 / 212 directives

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Applies to 2 models in our index