AD/BELL 204/22 Amdt 1 - Main Rotor Blades Removal From Service (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

Bell Helicopter Textron 204 Series Helicopters

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/BELL 204/22 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

AD/BELL 204/22 Amdt 1

Main Rotor Blades Removal From Service 8/2000

Applicability: All Models.

Requirement: The main rotor blades with the serial numbers listed below are to be removed from service.

A2-03642 A2-03643 A2-03646 A2-27872 A2-27961 A2-27963 A2-27967 A2-27968 A-27982 A2-28015 A2-28016 A2-28019 A2-28020 A2-28023 A2-28195 A2-28198 A2-28211 A2-29315 A2-29325 A2-29334 A2-29915 A2-29919 A2-29920

Note: FAA AD 76-02-06 refers.

Compliance: Before further flight after 16 January 1976.

This Amendment becomes effective on 10 August 2000.

Background: This directive was issued initially to remove certain MR blades from service.

Amendment 1 is issued to reference the country of manufacture AD. It also follows the re-introduction of the AD Series after sixteen years.

The original issue of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on 16 January 1976.