Airworthiness Directive

AD 2024-20-03 89 FR 84808 Active

Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39

Requires replacing certain governor controllers and prohibits installing those governor controllers on any helicopter.

FR document
2024-24531
Amendment
39-22862
Published
2024-10-24
Effective
2024-11-29
Models covered
2

Last live check: 2026-08-19

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2024-20-03

FR doc 2024-24531 · 89 FR 84808

AD 2024-20-03Published 2024-10-24Effective 2024-11-29

FAA rule - 14 CFR 39

FAA rule. Compliance with an applicable AD is required under 14 CFR 39.7. Check its effective date, applicability, compliance times and current status.

Requires replacing certain governor controllers and prohibits installing those governor controllers on any helicopter.

Full official abstract

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Robinson Helicopter Company (Robinson Helicopter) Model R22 Beta, R22 Mariner, R44, and R44 II helicopters with a certain governor controller installed. This AD was prompted by reports of engine governor failure, which was a result of water intrusion inside of the governor controller. This AD requires replacing certain governor controllers and prohibits installing those governor controllers on any helicopter. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

More directives for Robinson R22

  1. AD 2024-04-02 Airworthiness Directives; Robinson Helicopter Company Helicopters Effective 2024-04-02
  2. AD 2022-12-08 Airworthiness Directives; Robinson Helicopter Company Helicopters Effective 2022-06-29
  3. AD 2014-23-16 Airworthiness Directives; Robinson Helicopter Company Helicopters Effective 2015-01-09
  4. AD 2013-19-06 Airworthiness Directives; Robinson Helicopter Company (Robinson) Effective 2013-11-05
  5. AD 2011-12-10 Airworthiness Directives; Robinson Helicopter Company Model (Robinson) R... Effective 2011-07-05

All Robinson R22 directives

Applies to 2 models in our index