Is AD 95-03-12 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 95-03-12 requires a repetitive inspection every 100 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 95-03-12 apply to?

AD 95-03-12 applies to Schweizer — models 269A, 269A-1, 269B, 269C, TH-55A, 269, TH-55. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 95-03-12

recurring

Official AD 95-03-12 · FR doc 95-3513 · 1995-02-14 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Schweizer Aircraft Corporation and Hughes Helicopters, Inc. Model 269A, 269A-1, 269B, 269C, and TH-55A Series Helicopters

What this AD requires

This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Schweizer Aircraft Corporation and Hughes Helicopters, Inc. Model 269A, 269A-1, 269B, 269C, and TH-55A series helicopters, that currently requires an initial and repetitive visual inspection of the clutch control spring assembly for component wear and replacement of affected unairworthy parts. This amendment requires the same initial and repetitive visual inspection and replacements required by the existing Priority Letter AD, but references a revised service bulletin and provides replacement procedures for the aluminum spring retainer thermofit tube (plastic sleeve). This amendment is prompted by a recent accident involving a Model 269C helicopter that reportedly lost engine drive power at 100 feet above ground level (AGL) with a resulting unsuccessful autorotative landing, and the manufacturer's issuance of revised service information that provides more detailed instructions for replacement of two components of the belt drive clutch control assembly. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of the aluminum spring retainer, loss of power to the rotor drive system, and a subsequent forced landing.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 100 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 95-03-12 applies to

MakesSchweizer

Models269A, 269A-1, 269B, 269C, TH-55A, 269, TH-55

Part-conditional — 269A5452, 269A5452-3, 269A5452-5, 269A5483-7.

Applies only to helicopters with an aluminum spring retainer, P/N 269A5452, 269A5452-3, 269A5452-5, or 269A5483-7, installed.

Whether AD 95-03-12 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 95-03-12 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.