Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-11620 · Airbus Helicopters Helicopters
Airbus Helicopters Helicopters
This AD applies to Airbus Helicopters SA 3180-Alouette Astazou, SA 318B-Alouette Astazou, SA 318C-Alouette Astazou, SA.315B Alouette III, SA.316B Alouette III, SA.316C Alouette III, SA.319B Alouette III, SE 3130-Alouette II, SE 313B-Alouette II, SE.3160 Alouette III.
The models as the FAA's AD index lists them. The serial ranges, installed parts and exceptions are in the AD itself: read it at the FAA.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Eurocopter France Model SA.315B, SA.316B, SA.316C, SA 318B, SA 318C, SA.319B, SE 313B, SE 3130, SE.3160, and SA 3180 helicopters that have certain tail rotor blades (blades) installed. This action requires reducing the service life of those blades to 400 hours time-in-service (TIS). This amendment is prompted by the discovery that 10 blades were manufactured incorrectly. This condition, if not corrected, could result in failure of a blade and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.
