Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-12736 · Eurocopter France Model AS332L2 Helicopters
Eurocopter France Model AS332L2 Helicopters
Model AS332L2 helicopters, with a life raft assembly, part number 00051047 or 00051048, installed, certificated in any category.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter France (ECF) Model AS332L2 helicopters. This action requires, before further flight, verifying that the air vent is installed on the inflation cylinder of each life raft assembly. If the air vent is missing, this AD also requires replacing the cylinder head with an airworthy part before further flight. This amendment is prompted by the discovery that an inflation cylinder in the life raft did not have an air vent installed. This condition, if not corrected, could result in inadvertent life raft inflation, loss of the life raft, contact with the main or tail rotor, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.
