Is AD 2008-19-02 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2008-19-02 requires a repetitive inspection every 600 hours. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2008-19-02 apply to?

AD 2008-19-02 applies to Bell — models 222B, 222U, 222, 230, 430. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2008-19-02

recurring

Official AD 2008-19-02 · FR doc E8-20979 · 2008-09-11 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Model 222, 222B, 222U, 230, and 430 Helicopters

What this AD requires

We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (Bell) Model 222, 222B, 222U, 230, and 430 helicopters. That AD currently requires visually inspecting the main rotor hydraulic actuator support (support) to verify the presence of all dowel pins and sealant between the support and transmission and verifying the proper torque of each attaching nut (nut). This AD requires the same actions as the existing AD and also requires repetitive actions at intervals not to exceed 600 hours time-in-service (TIS) or 12 months, whichever occurs first. This AD is prompted by the discovery that a 12-month compliance requirement was correctly included in an Emergency AD (EAD) that we issued but was inadvertently omitted when we published the Final rule; request for comments following the issuance of the EAD. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of the support and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 600 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 2008-19-02 applies to

MakesBell

Models222B, 222U, 222, 230, 430

Part-conditional — 222-040-125-001.

Applies only when a main rotor hydraulic actuator support, part number 222-040-125-001, is installed.

Whether AD 2008-19-02 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 2008-19-02 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.