Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Agusta S.p.A.) (Leonardo) Helicopters
type: Action
additional type: https://schema.org/LegalForceStatus
description: The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2007-26-52 which applied to certain Agusta S.p.A. (now Leonardo) Model A109C, A109E, and A109K2 helicopters. AD 2007-26-52 required inspecting for swelling, deformation, bonding separation, and for a crack on each main rotor blade (MRB) with a certain part-numbered tip cap installed, and removing the MRB from service before further flight if any of these conditions exist and exceed the prescribed limits. This AD retains all inspections for certain serial-numbered MRBs, but for MRBs with a certain tip cap installed, this AD requires dye-penetrant inspections rather than visual inspections. This AD was prompted by additional reports of in-flight loss of part of a tip cap. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
date published: 2021-03-24
start time: 2021-04-08
agent: Federal Aviation Administration
  type: GovernmentOrganization
  parent organization: US Department of Transportation
object: Leonardo S.p.a. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Agusta S.p.A.) (Leonardo)
citation: DigitalDocument
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/03/24/2021-06200/airworthiness-directives-leonardo-spa-type-certificate-previously-held-by-agusta-spa-leonardo
source organization: US Federal Register
publisher: AI Analytics

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property ID: Federal Register Document Number
value: 2021-06200

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property ID: Federal Register Citation
value: 86 FR 15576

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property ID: FAA Docket
value: Docket No. FAA-2021-0194

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