AD/EC 120/6 Amdt 1 - Yaw Control (Cth)

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

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/EC 120/6 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.

Eurocopter EC 120 Series Helicopters

AD/EC 120/6 Amdt 1

Yaw Control 2/2002 TX

Applicability: Model EC 120 B helicopters, with serial numbers up to and including serial number 1278.

Requirement: Install object protectors on the cabin floor in accordance with paragraph 2.B of Eurocopter Alert Service Bulletin No. 67A005.

Note: DGAC AD 2001-386-007(A) refers.

Compliance: Within 7 days of receipt of the components or before 28 February 2002, whichever occurs first.

This amendment becomes effective on 7 January 2002.

Background: The DGAC received a report of yaw control jamming that was caused by an object that had slid between the canopy and the cabin floor.

Amendment 1 amends the compliance date from 31 December 2001 to 28 February 2002 due to the manufacturer being unable to supply components within specified compliance time.

The original issue of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on 1 November 2001.