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Airworthiness Directive 2000-08-05

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Official AD 2000-08-05 · FR doc 00-9817 · 2000-04-24 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Agusta Model A109C and A109K2 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Agusta Model A109C and A109K2 helicopters, that currently requires removing the main rotor pitch control link assemblies, measuring the radial play of each upper and lower spherical rod-end bearing (bearing), and replacing any unairworthy bearing. This amendment requires replacing the pitch control link assembly with an assembly that has increased durability and wear resistance. This amendment is prompted by reports of increased helicopter vibration caused by wear of bearings on certain pitch control link assemblies. The actions specified by this AD are intended to eliminate the need for recurring bearing inspections and to prevent failure of a bearing, increased helicopter vibration, and subsequent reduced controllability of the helicopter.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2000-08-05 applies to

MakesAgusta
ModelsA109K, A109
Part-conditional — 109-0110-71-103, 109-0110-71-105, 109-0110-71-107.

Rework and reidentify main rotor pitch control link assembly P/N 109-0110-71-103 or -105 to P/N 109-0110-71-107 per Agusta Bollettino Tecnico 109K-10 or 109-103, both dated Nov 22, 1995; related to RAI (Italy) ADs 95-332 and 95-334.

Whether AD 2000-08-05 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 2000-08-05 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.