Is AD 2006-13-14 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2006-13-14 requires a repetitive inspection every 50 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2006-13-14 apply to?

AD 2006-13-14 applies to Bell — models 222, 222B, 222U, 230, 430. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2006-13-14

recurring

Official AD 2006-13-14 · FR doc 06-5651 · 2006-06-26 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Model 222, 222B, 222U, 230, and 430 Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (BHTC) model helicopters. This action requires initial and repetitive inspections of each tail rotor counterweight bellcrank (bellcrank) with a specified part number and serial number. If external damage, a crack, roughness, or looseness between the bearing set and bellcrank is found or if bearing set axial play exceeds 0.015 inch, this action requires replacing the bellcrank with an airworthy bellcrank with two prefix letters in the serial number. This amendment is prompted by reports of failure and subsequent loss of a weighted portion of the bellcrank and reports of certain replacement bellcranks having design flaws. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent bellcrank failure, loss of a weighted portion of the bellcrank, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 50 hours. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2006-13-14 applies to

MakesBell

Models222, 222B, 222U, 230, 430

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 47006–47089, 47131–47156, 47501–47574, 23001–23038, 49001–49105.

Part-conditional — 222-012-727-003, 222-012-727-105.

Applies to Model 222 S/N 47006-47089, 222B S/N 47131-47156, 222U S/N 47501-47574, 230 S/N 23001-23038, and 430 S/N 49001-49105, with tail rotor counterweight bellcrank P/N 222-012-727-003 or 222-012-727-105 installed, without two prefix letters in the serial number.

Whether AD 2006-13-14 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 2006-13-14 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.