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Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron, A Division of Textron Canada Model 222, 222B, 222U and 230 Helicopters
1 · Quick read — prepared by AircraftDirectives
Requires a visual check of each main rotor grip (grip) and pitch horn assembly without disassembling the main rotor hub assembly (hub assembly), and a visual inspection at specified intervals of each affected grip and pitch horn…
- Federal Register document
- 05-2609
- Citation
- 70 FR 7167
- Action
- Final rule.
- Published
- 2005-02-11
- Effective
- 2005-03-18
- Effective (as stated in the rule)
- Effective March 18, 2005.
- Issued by
- Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration
- Regulation
- 14 CFR 39
- Applies to these models (in our index)
- Bell 222, Bell 230
2 · Official Federal Register document — government source, verbatim
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- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/02/11/05-2609/airworthiness-directives-bell-helicopter-textron-a-division-of-textron-canada-model-222-222b-222u
- Official PDF: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-02-11/pdf/05-2609.pdf
Sources. Section 1 is written by AircraftDirectives from the record below and is a reading aid only. Section 2 is the United States Government's own text, reproduced without edit.
Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/02/11/05-2609/airworthiness-directives-bell-helicopter-textron-a-division-of-textron-canada-model-222-222b-222u
Official PDF: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-02-11/pdf/05-2609.pdf
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