Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-11045 · Agusta S.p.A. Model A109K2 Helicopters
Agusta S.p.A. Model A109K2 Helicopters
Model A109K2 helicopters, with Breeze-Eastern rescue hoist, part number (P/N) BL29700 (all dash numbers), installed, certificated in any category.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Agusta S.p.A. Model A109K2 helicopters. This action requires replacing a certain Breeze-Eastern rescue hoist (rescue hoist) with a different part-numbered airworthy rescue hoist. This amendment is prompted by an incident in which a rescue hoist cable broke due to cable damage, resulting in one fatality. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent the breaking of the rescue hoist cable, personal injury, or entanglement of the rescue hoist cable in the helicopter's main or tail rotor blades, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.
