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AD 96-18-05 61 FR 45876 Active

Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39

Requires a visual inspection of the tailboom skin in the areas around the nutplates and in the areas of the tailboom drive shaft cover retention clips for cracks and corrosion using a 10-power or higher magnifying glass.

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FR document
96-22141
Amendment
39-9729
Published
1996-08-30
Effective
1996-09-16
Models covered
1

Last live check: 2026-10-04

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AD

96-18-05

FR doc 96-22141 · 61 FR 45876

AD 96-18-05Published 1996-08-30Effective 1996-09-16

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 a visual inspection of the tailboom skin in the areas around the nutplates and in the areas of the tailboom drive shaft cover retention clips for cracks and corrosion using a 10-power or higher magnifying glass.

Supersedes an earlier directive. See the official text.

Full official abstract

This amendment supersedes an existing priority letter airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Bell Helicopter Textron, A Division of Textron Canada Ltd. (BHTC) Model 206L, 206L-1, and 206L-3 helicopters, that currently requires a visual inspection of the tailboom skin in the areas around the nutplates and in the areas of the tailboom drive shaft cover retention clips for cracks and corrosion using a 10-power or higher magnifying glass. This amendment requires the same actions as the existing AD, but corrects a part number that was incorrectly stated in that AD. This amendment is prompted by a recent accident and several reports of fatigue cracks in the tailboom skin in the areas around the nutplates for the tail rotor fairing and in the areas of the tail rotor drive shaft cover retention clips. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of the tailboom and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

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