Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-14497 · Turbomeca Artouste III B, Artouste III B1, and Artouste III D Turboshaft Engines
Turbomeca Artouste III B, Artouste III B1, and Artouste III D Turboshaft Engines
This AD applies to Turbomeca Artouste III B, Artouste III B1, and Artouste III D turboshaft engines. These engines are installed on, but not limited to, Eurocopter France Alouette III SE.3160, SA.316B, SA.315B, and SA.316C helicopters.
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Turbomeca Artouste III B, Artouste III B1, and Artouste III D turboshaft engines. This AD requires removing certain fuel pumps from service and installing serviceable fuel pumps. This AD results from a report that an acceptance test facility used test equipment that was out of calibration, on certain fuel pumps, and those fuel pumps might have been accepted with a limitation in the maximum available fuel flow. We are issuing this AD to prevent reduced helicopter performance, subsequent loss of control of the helicopter, or accident.
You are responsible for having the actions required by this AD performed within 30 days or 80 operating hours after the receipt of a serviceable fuel pump, whichever occurs first, but no later than March 15, 2006, unless the actions have already been done.
(f) Remove from service the fuel pumps listed by serial number (SN) in the following Table 1, and install a serviceable fuel pump.
| A59B | F504B | 2827 |
| A82B | F506B | 2828 |
| A91B | F537B | 2830 |
| B14B | F561B | 2838 |
| B29B | F589B | 2854 |
| B42B | F596B | 2867 |
| C27B | F607B | 2868 |
| C6B | F630B | 2884 |
| C92B | F643B | 2944 |
| D16B | F706B | 3078 |
| D18B | F724B | 3175 |
| D20B | F743B | 3230 |
| D80B | F745B | 3259 |
| D99B | F748B | 3282 |
| E49B | F759B | 3343 |
| E77B | F760B | 3376 |
| E90B | F762B | 3383 |
| F112B | F957B | 3385 |
| F131B | 808 | 3397 |
| F176B | 1725 | 3458 |
| F220B | 1766 | 3515 |
| F243B | 1770 | 3548 |
| F253B | 1897 | 3660 |
| F262B | 1941 | 3746 |
| F293B | 2154 | 3756 |
| F317B | 2155 | 3757 |
| F320B | 2233 | 3783 |
| F357B | 2512 | 3792 |
| F368B | 2620 | 3826 |
| F420B | 2729 | 3858 |
| F464B | 2759 | 3888 |
| F466B | 2763 | 3894 |
| F477B | 2786 | 3979 |
| F47B | 2787 | 4066 |
For the purpose of this AD, a serviceable fuel pump is:
(1) A fuel pump that is not listed in Table 1 of this AD; or
(2) A fuel pump that is listed in Table 1 of this AD that has passed a repeat of the original production acceptance test.
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.
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