Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-14875 · Turbomeca Artouste III B and III B1 Turboshaft Engines
Turbomeca Artouste III B and III B1 Turboshaft Engines
This AD applies to Artouste III B and III B1 turboshaft engines fitted with a fuel pipe, part number 0 202 12 800 0. These engines are installed on SA 315 B LAMA and SA 316 B Alouette III helicopters.
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as:
None.
At the next maintenance action on the engine or airframe, but no later than 30 days after the effective date of this AD, unless already done, do the following action.
(1) Inspect for cracks in the lower union of the flexible fuel pipe between the electric fuel cock and the start valve.
(2) Use the instructions contained in paragraph 2 of Turbomeca Mandatory Service Bulletin No. A218 73 0803, dated May 2, 2006, to do the inspection.
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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