Is AD 2000-10-05 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2000-10-05 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2000-10-05 apply to?

AD 2000-10-05 applies to Eurocopter — models SE.3160, SA.316B, SA.316C, SA.319B, SA330F, SA330G, SA330J, SA341G. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2000-10-05

one-time

Official AD 2000-10-05 · FR doc 00-12351 · 2000-05-25 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model SE.3160, SA.316B, SA.316C, SA.319B, SA330F, SA330G, SA330J, SA341G, and SA342J Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Eurocopter France Model SE.3160, SA.316B, SA.316C, SA.319B, SA330F, SA330G, SA330J, SA341G, and SA342J helicopters. This AD requires inspecting each inflation head and union nut on certain emergency flotation gear nitrogen cylinders and replacing each cracked inflation head with an airworthy inflation head. This amendment is prompted by the discovery of cracked inflation heads during routine maintenance inspections of emergency flotation systems. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent an emergency flotation gear nitrogen cylinder from exploding with resultant high velocity shrapnel, which could cause airframe damage or personal injury and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2000-10-05 applies to

MakesEurocopter

ModelsSE.3160, SA.316B, SA.316C, SA.319B, SA330F, SA330G, SA330J, SA341G, SA342J, SA.316, SA.319, SA330, SA341, SA342

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 12000–?.

Part-conditional — 74921G, 74929.

Emergency flotation gear nitrogen cylinder (P/N 74921G) discharge, inflation-head degrease, and dye penetrant inspection, per Eurocopter France SBs 05.66/05.58 (Models SE.3160, SA.316B, SA.316C, SA.319B, SA330F, SA330G, SA330J; 400-hr TIS interval) and SB 05.19 (Models SA341G, SA342J; 520-hr TIS interval); cracked inflation head P/N 74929 must be replaced with an airworthy inflation head of S/N 12000 or higher.

Whether AD 2000-10-05 actually applies to your aircraft (by serial and installed parts) and whether it’s already complied with comes from that aircraft’s records.

How AD compliance is recorded

A valid compliance record (14 CFR 43.9) states:

Method of compliance — The specific action taken (inspected, replaced, modified) and to what revision.

Date — When the work was done.

Aircraft time — Total time in service / tach at compliance — how recurring next-due is computed.

Signature & certificate — The A&P/IA who returned it to service, with certificate number.

Is AD 2000-10-05 complied with on your aircraft?

Tailplate reads a tail number’s logbooks and matches every applicable AD — including this one — to its compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates computed.

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Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and is advisory, not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.