Is AD 01-30498 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 01-30498 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 01-30498 apply to?

AD 01-30498 applies to Bell — models 206A, 206B, 206A-1, 206B-1, 206L, 206L-1, 206. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 01-30498

one-time

AD 01-30498 · 2001-12-11 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Model 206A, 206B, 206A-1, 206B-1, 206L, and 206L-1 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment revises an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (BHTI) Model 206A, 206B, 206A-1, 206B-1, 206L, and 206L-1 helicopters that currently establishes a retirement life for the main rotor trunnion (trunnion) based on hours time-in-service (TIS). This amendment retains those requirements but revises the AD to remove the trunnion, part number (P/N) 206-011-120- 103, from the applicability. This amendment is prompted by the issuance of another AD for the BHTI Model 206L and 206L-1 helicopters that requires a different method of calculating the retirement life for the trunnions. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of the trunnion due to fatigue cracks and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 01-30498 applies to

MakesBell

Models206A, 206B, 206A-1, 206B-1, 206L, 206L-1, 206

Part-conditional — 206-010-104-3, 206-011-113-001, 206-011-120-001, 206-011-113-103.

Applies only when one of the listed main rotor trunnion part numbers is installed.

Whether AD 01-30498 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 01-30498 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.

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.