Is AD 2020-19-02 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2020-19-02 requires a repetitive inspection every 15 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2020-19-02 apply to?

AD 2020-19-02 applies to Airbus Helicopters — models SA330J, SA330. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2020-19-02

recurring

Official AD 2020-19-02 · FR doc 2020-20751 · 2020-09-22 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

What this AD requires

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2000-22-19 for Eurocopter France (now Airbus Helicopters) Model SA330F, G, and J helicopters. AD 2000-22-19 required repetitively inspecting certain tail rotor (T/R) blades for skin debonding and a crack. Since the FAA issued AD 2000-22-19, the inspection procedures have been revised. Additionally, the FAA is adding an affected part-numbered T/R blade and the FAA-validation for Model SA330F and G helicopters has been cancelled. This new AD revises the applicability, requires repetitively inspecting affected T/R blades with the new inspection procedures, and depending on the inspection results, repairing or replacing the T/R blade. This new AD also prohibits installing an affected T/R blade unless it has passed the inspections. The actions of this AD are intended to address an unsafe condition on these products.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 15 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 2020-19-02 applies to

MakesAirbus Helicopters

ModelsSA330J, SA330

Part-conditional — 330A12-0005-XX, 330A12-0006-XX.

Applies only to helicopters with a tail rotor (T/R) blade P/N 330A12-0005-(all dash numbers) or 330A12-0006-(all dash numbers) installed. This AD replaces AD 2000-22-19.

Whether AD 2020-19-02 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 2020-19-02 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.