Airworthiness Directives; Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) Model S-76C Helicopters
airworthiness · Rule · Final rule; request for comments. · Published 1999-03-23 · Effective 1999-04-07 · 64 FR 13889
Document
Document number
99-6977
Federal Register citation
64 FR 13889
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; request for comments.
Category
airworthiness
Manufacturer
Sikorsky
Publication date
1999-03-23
Effective date
1999-04-07
FAA docket
Docket No. 99-SW-22-AD
Abstract
This amendment supersedes an existing priority letter airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Sikorsky Model S-76C helicopters, that currently requires, before further flight, inserting new operating limitations and performance data into the Rotorcraft Flight Manual (RFM) which require lower allowable gross weights for certain operational conditions. This amendment requires the same actions as the priority letter AD, but updates the previously referenced RFM's. This amendment is prompted by the discovery that the RFM's referenced in the priority letter AD have been revised. The actions specified by this AD are intended to provide the correct RFM references and to prevent an inability to achieve the published One- Engine-Inoperative (OEI) performance and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.