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Airworthiness Directive 2016-01-15

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Official AD 2016-01-15 · FR doc 2016-00659 · 2016-01-21 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Agusta S.p.A. Helicopters

What this AD requires

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model AB139 and AW139 helicopters. This AD requires visually inspecting certain subfloor frames for a crack. This AD was prompted by reports of cracks on in-service helicopters. The actions of this AD are intended to detect or prevent a crack in the subfloor frame, which could result in failure of the pilot and co-pilot pedal support frame and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Which aircraft AD 2016-01-15 applies to

MakesAgusta
ModelsAB139, AW139
Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 31005–31517, 41001–41356.

Excludes S/N 31007, 31415, 31431, 31491, 31500, 31508, and 31516 from the first range, and S/N 41355 from the second range.

Whether AD 2016-01-15 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 2016-01-15 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.