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AD Number:
75-26-03
Document Type:
AD Final Rules
Docket Number:
Unknown
Subject Heading:
Airworthiness Directives; Bell Models 204B, 205A-1, and 212 Helicopters
Subject:
Emergency Exit Handle
Status:
Current
Citation:
This information is not available.
Citation Publish Date:
Effective Date:
01/19/1976
Make:
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
Model:
204B | 205A-1 | 212
Product Type:
Aircraft
Product Subtype:
Rotorcraft
Affected AD:
Superseded AD:
Affected By:
Superseded By:
Service/Office:
Office of Primary Responsibility:
CFR Part Reference:
Part 39
Comments:
AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES FINAL RULES: 75-26-03
CITATION:   This information is not available.

PAGE NUMBER:  

DOCKET NUMBER:   Unknown

AMENDMENT:   39-2451

AD NUMBER:   75-26-03

SUBJECT HEADING:   Airworthiness Directives; Bell Models 204B, 205A-1, and 212 Helicopters

ACTION:  

SUMMARY:  

DATES:   Effective January 19, 1976.

ADDRESSES:  

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  

REGULATORY TEXT:  
75-26-03 BELL: Amendment 39-2451. Applies to Bell Models 204B, 205A-1, and 212 helicopters certificated in all categories.

Compliance required within 100 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD unless already accomplished and, thereafter, at intervals not to exceed 300 hours' time in service from the last inspection.

To deter unauthorized access to the emergency exit operating handle and to improve identification of the emergency exit handle and the main sliding door handle, accomplish the following:

(a) Inspect the helicopter main passenger doors and the four emergency exits for proper and legible placards and for proper exit handle covers, both inside and outside the helicopter, in accordance with the figures in Bell Helicopter Company Service Bulletins noted in paragraph (c).

(b) If proper and legible placards and proper exit handle covers are not installed, install the placards and handle covers as specified in Bell Helicopter Company Service Bulletins noted in paragraph (c).

(c) The following Bell Helicopter Company service bulletins, or later approved revisions thereto, apply to the noted helicopter models.

(1) Bell Helicopter Company Service Bulletin No. 204-75-2 dated September 16, 1975, for Model 204B.

(2) Bell Helicopter Company Service Bulletin No. 205-75-6, Revision A, dated August 22, 1975, for Model 205A-1.

(3) Bell Helicopter Company Service Bulletin No. 212-75-7, Revision A, dated August 22, 1975, for Model 212.

(d) Equivalent means of compliance with this AD may be approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Flight Standards Division, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.

(e) Upon request of the operator, an FAA maintenance inspector, subject to prior approval of the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Flight Standards Division, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, may adjust the repetitive inspection intervals specified in this AD to permit compliance at an established inspection period of the operator if the request contains substantiating data to justify the increase for that operator.

(f) The manufacturer's specifications and procedures identified and described in this directive are incorporated herein and made a part hereof pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1). All persons affected by this directive who have not already received these documents from the manufacturer may obtain copies upon request to Service Manager, Bell Helicopter Company, P. O. Box 482, Fort Worth, Texas 76101. These documents may also be examined at the Office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 4400 Blue Mound Road, Fort Worth, Texas, and at FAA headquarters, 800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. A historical file on this AD which includes the incorporated material in full is maintained by the FAA at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and at the Office of Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 4400 Blue Mound Road, Fort Worth, Texas.

This amendment becomes effective January 19, 1976.

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