Is AD 2003-08-07 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2003-08-07 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2003-08-07 apply to?

AD 2003-08-07 applies to Bell — models 222, 222B, 222U, 230. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2003-08-07

one-time

Official AD 2003-08-07 · FR doc 03-9011 · 2003-04-16 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Model 222, 222B, 222U, and 230 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (BHTC) Model 222, 222B, 222U, and 230 helicopters. This action requires inspecting the main rotor pendulum weight support (pendulum weight support) for file or grinding marks, gouges, and appropriate edge breaks. It also requires, if necessary, reworking and remarking or replacing the pendulum weight support. Regardless, this AD requires a magnetic particle inspection for a crack and replacing the pendulum weight support if a crack is found. This amendment is prompted by a pendulum weight support failure and shedding of the pendulum weight set in flight and a subsequent determination of manufacturing defects on certain serial-numbered pendulum weight supports. This condition, if not corrected, could result in the pendulum weights separating from the pendulum weight support and striking the vertical fin or tail rotor, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2003-08-07 applies to

MakesBell

Models222, 222B, 222U, 230

Part-conditional — 222-011-114-101, 222-011-114-103.

Inspect/rework main rotor pendulum weight support P/N 222-011-114-101/-103 edge breaks and magnetic-particle-inspect for cracks per BHT ASB 222-02-92 (Model 222/222B), ASB 222U-02-63 (Model 222U), or ASB 230-02-25 (Model 230), all dated 3/28/2002; replace if cracked or unable to be reworked. Required within 50 hours TIS.

Whether AD 2003-08-07 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 2003-08-07 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.