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Airworthiness Directive 2000-22-19

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Official AD 2000-22-19 · FR doc 00-28722 · 2000-11-14 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model SA330F, G, and J Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Eurocopter France Model SA330F, G, and J helicopters and requires inspecting the tail rotor blade (blade) skin for cracks and replacing, as necessary, the blade. This amendment requires skin bonding and eddy current inspections of the blade skin for cracks and would reference a more recent service bulletin (SB). This amendment is prompted by improved inspection methods and by the manufacturer revising the SB referenced in the current AD. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent fatigue cracking of a blade, failure of a blade, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2000-22-19 applies to

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Requires recurring skin-bonding and eddy-current inspections of main rotor blades per Aerospatiale SB 05.71R4 to detect fatigue cracking; replace any blade that fails inspection. Specific model designation not present in retrieved text (lead-in applicability paragraph not captured); parts obtainable from American Eurocopter Corporation.

Whether AD 2000-22-19 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 2000-22-19 complied with on your aircraft?

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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.