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Airworthiness Directive 2008-03-07

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Official AD 2008-03-07 · FR doc E8-1701 · 2008-02-05 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter Model AS 332 L2 Helicopters

What this AD requires

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter Model AS 332 L2 helicopters. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the Technical Agent of France, with which we have a bilateral agreement, states in the MCAI:

Which aircraft AD 2008-03-07 applies to

MakesEurocopter
ModelsAS332L2, AS332
Part-conditional — 00051047, 00051048, 41918001.

Applies only to helicopters with a Life Raft, P/N 00051047 or P/N 00051048, that has a Life Raft Inflation Cylinder, P/N 41918001, installed. Vibration-induced wear on the cylinder's internal skin may cause internal pressure loss; this AD requires identifying affected cylinders and removing from service those with 2,500 or more flight hours since installation or overhaul.

Whether AD 2008-03-07 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:

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 2008-03-07 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.