WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Federal Aviation Administration has issued a rule called: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Helicopters.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on Oct. 9 by Steven W. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
Summary: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Model MBB-BK 117 C-1 helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of a louver box assembly detaching in flight due to incorrect installation. This AD requires repetitively accomplishing a play check of the affected louver box assembly and, depending on the results of the check, accomplishing correc...