Airworthiness Directive 2000-25-09
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What this AD requires
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model A109E helicopters that currently requires inspecting the exhaust ejector locking system, clamp, and dampers for each engine. The existing AD also requires verifying the torque of the metallic clamps and installing safety wire on the metallic clamps; inspecting and modifying the ejector saddles and the locking metallic clamps; and inspecting the metallic clamps, locking mechanisms, and dampers. This amendment requires modifying the engine exhaust ejectors. This amendment is prompted by the development of a kit to modify the engine exhaust ejectors to provide terminating action from the requirements of the current AD. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent loss of the metallic clamp or the engine exhaust ejector, damage to the main or tail rotor system and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.
Which aircraft AD 2000-25-09 applies to
Cross-reference boilerplate only; model list precedes excerpt and was not captured. Requires inspecting the exhaust ejector-to-ejector-saddle locking system, dampers, and metallic-clamp torque, installing safety wire, then repositioning/modifying the ejector saddle and locking clamp per Agusta Bollettino Tecnico No. 109EP-3, dated December 22, 1998; repetitive inspections every 25 hours TIS thereafter. Modifying the engine exhaust ejector P/N 109-0601-51 by installing kit P/N 109-0822-94 per Agusta Technical Bulletin No. 109EP-5 is terminating action.
Whether AD 2000-25-09 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:
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.
Look up a tail number →Read the full directive (Federal Register)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.