Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-12941 · Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Model 204B, 205A, 205A-1, 205B, 212, 214B, and 214B-1 Helicopters
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Model 204B, 205A, 205A-1, 205B, 212, 214B, and 214B-1 Helicopters
Model 204B, 205A, 205A-1, 205B, 212, 214B, and 214B-1 helicopters, with main rotor tension-torsion (TT) strap, part number (P/N) 204-012-122-1, -5, or 214-010-179-1, installed, certificated in any category.
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for specified Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (BHTI) model helicopters that requires reducing the retirement time for certain main rotor tension-torsion (TT) straps on those models and on the Model UH-1 series helicopters. This document contains the same requirements as the existing AD but removes the Model UH-1 series restricted category helicopters and adds the BHTI Model 205A and 205B helicopters to the applicability. This amendment is prompted by the issuance of a separate AD for the Model UH-1 series helicopters and the need to add the BHTI Model 205A and 205B helicopters to the applicability because the affected straps are eligible for installation on these model helicopters. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of a TT strap, loss of a main rotor blade, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.
The aircraft, engines and makers this AD names, by the model designations in its text. A model listed here may still be outside the AD's serial ranges.
