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AD 2015-22-02 80 FR 65618 Active

Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39

FR document
2015-27137
Amendment
39-18306
Published
2015-10-27
Effective
2015-11-12
Models covered
1
Last live check
2026-09-30

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AD

2015-22-02

FR doc 2015-27137 · 80 FR 65618

AD 2015-22-02Published 2015-10-27Effective 2015-11-12

Superseded by 2019-11-05

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FAA rule - 14 CFR 39

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Requires recurring inspections regardless of hours time-in-service (TIS) accumulated on the helicopter.

Full official abstract

We are superseding emergency airworthiness directive (AD) No. 2015-16-51 (Emergency AD 2015-16-51) for Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 429 helicopters. Emergency AD 2015-16-51 required inspections of each inboard and outboard tail rotor pitch link assembly for axial or radial bearing play, and if there was axial or radial bearing play, removing the tail rotor pitch link and inspecting for wear. Emergency AD 2015-16-51 was prompted by several reports of worn tail rotor pitch link spherical bearings. We are issuing this supersedure to retain the inspection requirements in Emergency AD 2015- 16-51 while revising the applicability and compliance time to clarify that all Bell Model 429 helicopters require recurring inspections regardless of hours time-in-service (TIS) accumulated on the helicopter. These actions are intended to prevent pitch link failure and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

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Applies to 1 model in our index