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Airworthiness Directive 2002-12-02

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Official AD 2002-12-02 · FR doc 02-14568 · 2002-06-12 · appliance

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model AS332L2 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter France (ECF) Model AS332L2 helicopters. This action requires visually inspecting the engine compartment fire extinguisher bottle (bottle) for correct placement and installation of the percussion heads and attachment cartridges and if, incorrectly installed, making the necessary corrections. This action also requires marking the bottle's indicating label with "Amendment A" after making the necessary corrections. This amendment is prompted by the discovery that some of the spare bottles have interchanged percussion heads. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent release of the fire- extinguishing agent into the wrong engine compartment, failure to extinguish a fire, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2002-12-02 applies to

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Inspects/reconfigures fire-extinguishing bottle percussion-head and attachment-cartridge connections (correct engine-compartment routing) per Eurocopter France Alert Telex No. 26.00.12 dated Oct 3, 2001; specific model applicability not stated in the extracted text.

Whether AD 2002-12-02 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 2002-12-02 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.