AD 99-08-07

final rule
Data completeness: 70%

Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) Model 369E, 369FF, 500N, and 600N Helicopters

AD Number
99-08-07
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
99-SW-11-AD
FR Citation
(Federal Register: April 06, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 65))

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft MD Helicopters, Inc. 369E Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) Model 369E, 369FF, 500N, and 600N Helicopters
aircraft MD Helicopters, Inc. 369FF Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) Model 369E, 369FF, 500N, and 600N Helicopters
aircraft MD Helicopters, Inc. 500N Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) Model 369E, 369FF, 500N, and 600N Helicopters
aircraft MD Helicopters, Inc. 600N Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) Model 369E, 369FF, 500N, and 600N Helicopters

Unsafe Condition

Improperly sized contact sockets in relay receptacles could create multiple unsafe conditions including undetected loss of auto-reignition function after engine flameout, failure of engine reignition, forced landing, inability to detect engine-out condition, and loss of main rotor speed control following FADEC loss.

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Required Actions

Inspect each relay receptacle contact socket for correct hole size, replace incorrectly-sized sockets with airworthy ones (part number 019-0075-002).

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Compliance Time

within the next 14 calendar days

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Affected Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems Model 369E (S/N 384E-0539E), 369FF (S/N 076FF-0128FF), 500N (up to LN085), and 600N (S/N RN002-RN039) helicopters.

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