Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (BHTC) Model 206L-4 Helicopters

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to BHTC Model 206L-4 helicopters. This action requires a reduction in the retirement lives of certain collective idler links and collective levers, and re-identifying certain collective idler links and collective levers. This amendment is prompted by the discovery of two types of collective idler links and collective levers--manufactured from different materials--that are identified with the same part numbers but should have substantially different retirement lives. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent use of a collective idler link (link) or collective lever (lever) beyond its retirement life, which could lead to failure of the link or lever and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.