Is AD 2016-03-05 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2016-03-05 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2016-03-05 apply to?

AD 2016-03-05 applies to Airbus Helicopters — models BK117 C-2, BK117 D-2, BK117. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2016-03-05

one-time

Official AD 2016-03-05 · FR doc 2016-02233 · 2016-02-09 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Helicopters

What this AD requires

We are superseding airworthiness directive (AD) 2014-13-01 for Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (Airbus Helicopters) Model MBB-BK 117 C-2 helicopters with a certain Goodrich rescue hoist damper unit (damper unit) installed. AD 2014-13-01 required repairing or replacing the damper unit or deactivating the rescue hoist. AD 2014-13-01 was prompted by a report of an uncommanded detachment of a damper unit from the cable. This new AD retains the optional requirement of deactivating the rescue hoist, expands the applicability, and requires either replacing or modifying the damper unit with a newly developed single- piece retainer. These actions are intended to prevent the hoist damper unit detaching from the cable resulting in loss of an external load or person from the helicopter hoist and injury to persons being lifted by the hoist.

Which aircraft AD 2016-03-05 applies to

MakesAirbus Helicopters

ModelsBK117 C-2, BK117 D-2, BK117

Part-conditional — 44307-480, 44307-480-1, 44307-480-2.

Applies only to helicopters with a Goodrich hoist damper unit, P/N 44307-480, 44307-480-1, or 44307-480-2, installed.

Whether AD 2016-03-05 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 2016-03-05 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.