Airworthiness Directive 95-09-07
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What this AD requires
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Robinson Helicopter Company Model R44 helicopters. This action requires removal of the push-pull tube sleeve guide assembly (sleeve guide) and replacement with a push-pull tube roller guide assembly (roller guide); and, inspections of the push-pull tube sleeves for signs of wear and replacement as necessary. This amendment is prompted by a report of an operator experiencing binding in the cyclic control system caused by torn heat-shrink material (material) on the cyclic push-pull tubes binding in the sleeve guide. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent binding in the cyclic control system and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.
Which aircraft AD 95-09-07 applies to
Specific helicopter models are named in a preceding applicability provision not captured in the extracted text. AD requires replacing the push-pull tube sleeve guide assembly with roller guide assembly C439-7 (included in kit KI-88) and inspecting/replacing sleeve C121-7, per Robinson Helicopter Company SB-4, dated January 24, 1995.
Whether AD 95-09-07 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:
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.