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Airworthiness Directive 2019-22-08

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Official AD 2019-22-08 · FR doc 2019-27633 · 2019-12-23 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.A. Helicopters

What this AD requires

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Leonardo S.p.A. Model AW169 and AW189 helicopters. This AD requires inspecting certain part-numbered and serial-numbered tail rotor (T/R) actuators, reporting information, and depending on the inspection outcome, marking a part, performing an additional inspection, and removing the T/R actuator from service. This AD also prohibits the installation of affected T/R actuators. This AD is prompted by reports of incorrect installations of the T/R actuator back-end input lever. The actions of this AD are intended to address an unsafe condition on these products.

Which aircraft AD 2019-22-08 applies to

MakesLeonardo S.P.A.
ModelsAW169, AW189
Serial-conditional — narrows to serials ?–489.
Part-conditional — 6F6730V00331.

Applies to helicopters with a tail rotor (T/R) actuator P/N 6F6730V00331 with a serial number up to 489 inclusive (actuator S/N, not aircraft S/N), except those marked with 'SB 67-0007.'

Whether AD 2019-22-08 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 2019-22-08 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.