AD 2024-22908
Published 2024-10-04 · 10 models · 484 US-registered tails affected · Federal Register
Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. Helicopters Federal Register ↗
Abstract
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Bell Textron Inc. (Bell) Model 204B, 205A, 205A-1, 205B, and 210 helicopters. This AD was prompted by an accident and incidents involving failure of the tail boom attachment structure. This AD requires inspecting the tail boom assembly hardware, replacing tail boom attachment hardware, greasing the bolt shanks, and inspecting torque. This AD also prohibits installing steel alloy nuts on any helicopter. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Applicability · by US fleet size
- BELL UH-1H 293 tails
- BELL 205A-1 TCDS H1SW 57 tails
- BELL UH-1B 42 tails
- TEXTRON AVIATION 680 TCDS T00012WI 41 tails
- BELL 430 TCDS H9SW 28 tails
- BELL 222 TCDS H9SW 15 tails
- BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 210 TCDS H1SWTCDS 3A21 3 tails
- BELL UH-1F 3 tails
- BELL 205B TCDS H1SW 1 tails
- BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 205A-1 TCDS H1SW 1 tails
Federal Register text
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 80734-80739] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2024-22908]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. FAA-2022-0600; Project Identifier AD-2021-01160-R; Amendment 39-22827; AD 2024-17-02] RIN 2120-AA64
Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. Helicopters
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Bell Textron Inc. (Bell) Model 204B, 205A, 205A-1, 205B, and 210 helicopters. This AD was prompted by an accident and incidents involving failure of the tail boom attachment structure. This AD requires inspecting the tail boom assembly hardware, replacing tail boom attachment hardware, greasing the bolt shanks, and inspecting torque. This AD also prohibits installing steel alloy nuts on any helicopter. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
DATES: This AD is effective November 8, 2024. The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of a certain publication listed in this AD as of November 8, 2024.