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Airworthiness Directive 2003-04-13

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Official AD 2003-04-13 · FR doc 03-4475 · 2003-02-28 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model SA341G and SA342J Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter France (Eurocoper) Model SA341G and SA342J helicopters. This action requires modifying an electric hoist (hoist) junction box (junction box). This amendment is prompted by the discovery of an anomaly affecting the resistor that is located in the junction box. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent failure of the hoist emergency load jettison switch, resulting in an inability of the pilot to cut the rescue hoist cable in the event of cable entanglement or other emergency and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2003-04-13 applies to

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Specific model not present in the extracted applicability text. Requires modifying the limiting resistor in the electric hoist junction box per Eurocopter Alert Telex No. 45.05 dated 7/8/2002, to prevent failure of the hoist emergency load jettison switch; required before next hoist operation; modification is terminating action.

Whether AD 2003-04-13 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.
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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.