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Airworthiness Directive 2020-15-13

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Official AD 2020-15-13 · FR doc 2020-16166 · 2020-07-27 · airframe

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What this AD requires

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-02-07 for Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (Airbus Helicopters) Model MBB- BK 117 C-2 and Model MBB-BK 117 D-2 helicopters. AD 2017-02-07 required a repetitive inspection and a one-time torque of each hydraulic module plate assembly attachment point (attachment point). This new AD retains the initial inspection and torque requirements of AD 2017-02-07 and requires replacing the attachment point hardware. This AD was prompted by a terminating action has been developed to address the unsafe condition. The actions of this AD are intended to address an unsafe condition on these products.

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

Which aircraft AD 2020-15-13 applies to

MakesAirbus Helicopters Deutschland
ModelsMBB-BK 117 C-2, MBB-BK 117 D-2, MBB-BK 117
Serial-conditional — narrows to serials ?–9750, ?–20110.
Part-conditional — B291M0003103.

Applies to MBB-BK 117 C-2 helicopters with serial numbers up to and including 9750, and MBB-BK 117 D-2 helicopters with serial numbers up to and including 20110, with hydraulic module plate assembly P/N B291M0003103 installed with a single locking attachment point, or with a double locking attachment point installed before the AD effective date per ASB MBB-BK117 C-2-29A-003 Rev 2 or ASB MBB-BK117 D-2-29A-001 Rev 2, both dated February 1, 2017.

Whether AD 2020-15-13 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 2020-15-13 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.