Is AD 2003-01-04 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2003-01-04 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2003-01-04 apply to?

AD 2003-01-04 applies to Bell. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2003-01-04

one-time

Official AD 2003-01-04 · FR doc 03-328 · 2003-01-15 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Model 204B, 205A, 205A-1, 205B and 212 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (BHTI) model helicopters. This action requires conducting various inspections associated with the main rotor grip (grip). If a crack is found, this AD requires replacing the grip before further flight. If delamination of the buffer pad on the grip tang inner surface is found, this AD requires inspecting the grip surface for corrosion or other damage and repairing or replacing the grip if corrosion or other damage is found. This AD also requires determining and recording the hours time-in-service (TIS) and the engine start/stop cycles for each grip on a component history card or equivalent record. Also, this action requires reporting certain inspection results and information to the FAA. This amendment is prompted by the discovery of 13 grips that cracked in the lower tang, three of which cracked in flight. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of a grip, separation of a main rotor blade, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2003-01-04 applies to

MakesBell

Part-conditional — 204-011-121-009, 204-011-121-121, 204-011-121-005, 204-011-121-113.

Establish/record main rotor blade grip hours TIS and engine start/stop cycles; repetitive (25-hr) visual crack inspection of upper/lower grip tangs; ultrasonic inspection of listed grip P/Ns per BHTI Nondestructive Inspection Procedure Log No. 00-340 Rev E, at intervals (hours TIS or start/stop cycles) that vary by grip P/N per the AD's Table 1, to prevent grip failure and main rotor blade separation.

Whether AD 2003-01-04 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 2003-01-04 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.