AD/ECUREUIL/133 Amdt 1 - Collective Pitch Lever Locking Stud (Cth)

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE On the effective date specified below, and for the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/ECUREUIL/133 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.001(1) of CASR 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 AS 350 (Ecureuil) Series Helicopters AD/ECUREUIL/133 Amdt 1 Collective Pitch Lever Locking Stud 5/2009

Applicability: EUROCOPTER (formerly EUROCOPTER FRANCE, AEROSPATIALE) AS350 B, BA, BB, B1, B2, B3, D helicopters:

- Delivered before embodiment of modification 073175; or

- Helicopters on which the locking studs or the collective pitch levers or the locking strips have been reworked or modified in service; or

- Helicopters having accomplished Revision 0 or Revision 1 of EUROCOPTER SB No. 67.00.37, corresponding to modification 073237; or

- Helicopters with a serial number equal to: 3972, 3973, 3982, 3987, 4003, 4023, 4046, 4050, 4086, 4120, 4122, 4132, 4143, 4152, 4172, 4194, 4259, 4314, 4324, 4378, 4392, 4447, 4452, 4477, 4489, 4490, 4501, 4523, 4546, 4560, 4589, 4594, 4599, 4632, 4659, 4666, 4671.

Note 1: Refer to the Aircraft Individual Inspection Record (RIC), the Log Cards (FM) or the aircraft logbook to identify the actual configuration of the helicopter. Requirement: Required as indicated, in accordance with EUROCOPTER Emergency Alert Service Bulletin No. 05.00.58.