AD/ECUREUIL/99 Lateral Cargo Hold Doors 7/2004 TX
Applicability: All EC 130 B4
helicopters.
Requirement: Key-lock the centre lock of the left
and right lateral cargo hold doors in accordance with paragraph
1.E.2.a of Eurocopter EC 130 Alert Telex No. 04A001.
Note: DGAC Emergency AD UF-2004-066 refers.
Compliance: Prior to each flight after 14 May
2004. This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 14 May
2004.
Background: During a flight test at the
manufacturer’s facility, the centre lock of the lateral cargo
hold door unlatched. Unlocking of the centre lock in flight,
combined with aerodynamic loads, could lead to failure of the
lateral lock and
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