AD 2012-25-04

final rule

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Helicopters

AD Number
2012-25-04
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2012-1297
FR Citation
78 FR 49115

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Eurocopter Various Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Helicopters

Unsafe Condition

The FAA is correcting an airworthiness directive (AD) that was published in the Federal Register. The AD applies to certain Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model AS350B3 helicopters. The reference to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 91.173 in the Required Actions section is incorrect. This document corrects that error. In all other respects, the original document remains the same.

Required Actions

Visually check each laminated half bearing for certain conditions before further flight and after each flight without exceeding 3 hours time-in-service between two checks. This check may be performed by a pilot if certain regulatory recordkeeping requirements are met.

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Compliance Time

Before further flight

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Affected Aircraft

Eurocopter France Model AS350B3 helicopters.

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Federal Register Abstract

The FAA is correcting an airworthiness directive (AD) that was published in the Federal Register. The AD applies to certain Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model AS350B3 helicopters. The reference to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 91.173 in the Required Actions section is incorrect. This document corrects that error. In all other respects, the original document remains the same.

Document Text

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49115-49116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19444]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2012-1297; Directorate Identifier 2012-SW-100-AD; 
Amendment 39-17285; AD 2012-25-04]
RIN 2120-AA64


Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Helicopters

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting an airworthiness directive (AD) that was 
published in the Federal Register. The AD applies to certain Eurocopter 
France (Eurocopter) Model AS350B3 helicopters. The reference to Title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 91.173 in the Required Actions 
section is incorrect. This document corrects that error. In all other 
respects, the original document remains the same.

DATES: This final rule is effective August 13, 2013. The effective date 
for AD 2012-25-04 (78 FR 24041, April 24, 2013) remains May 9, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may examine the AD docket on the Internet at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>; or in person at the Docket Management Facility 
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays. The AD docket contains this AD, the regulatory evaluation, 
any comments received, and other information. The address for the 
Docket Office (phone: 800-647-5527) is Document Management Facility, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Grant, Aviation Safety 
Engineer, Rotorcraft Directorate, Safety Management Group, FAA, 2601 
Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137; phone: (817) 222-5110; fax: (817) 
222-5110; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#65170a070017114b0217040b11250304044b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b1c3ded3d4c3c59fd6c3d0dfc5f1d7d0d09fd6dec7">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AD 2012-25-04, Amendment 39-17285 (78 FR 
24041, April 24, 2013), applies to certain Eurocopter Model AS350B3 
helicopters. AD 2012-25-04 currently requires, in part, before further 
flight and thereafter after each flight without exceeding 3 hours time-
in-service between two checks, visually checking each laminated half 
bearing for certain conditions, and allows this check to be performed 
by a pilot if certain regulatory recordkeeping requirements

[[Page 49116]]

are met. As such, AD 2012-25-04 currently includes the following as the 
last sentence under paragraph (f)(4): ``The record must be maintained 
as required by 14 CFR 91.173, 121.380, or 134.439.''
    As published, the reference to 14 CFR 91.173 is incorrect. The 
correct reference is to 14 CFR 91.417.
    No other part of the preamble or regulatory information has been 
changed; therefore, only the changed portion of the final rule is being 
published in the Federal Register.

Correction of Regulatory Text


Sec.  39.13  [Corrected]

    In the Federal Register of April 24, 2013, on page 24046, in the 
second column, the last sentence of paragraph (f)(4) is corrected to 
read as follows:
* * * * *
    The record must be maintained as required by 14 CFR 91.417, 
121.380, or 135.439.
* * * * *


    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 2, 2013.
Lance T. Gant,
Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-19444 Filed 8-12-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

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