2023-00698: Airworthiness Directives; Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Helicopters
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The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2022-02-01, which applies to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Model S-92A helicopters with certain part-numbered main rotor stationary swashplate assemblies (swashplate assemblies) that have accumulated 1,600 or more total hours time-in-service (TIS) installed. AD 2022-02-01 requires visually inspecting the swashplate assembly at specified intervals and depending on the results, removing the swashplate assembly from service. Since the FAA issued AD 2022-02-01, the FAA determined it was necessary to expand the applicability and require more detailed inspections to address the unsafe condition. This proposed AD would retain the actions of AD 2022-02-01, expand the applicability, add a detailed recurring visual inspection, and require either eddy current inspections (ECI) or fluorescent penetrant inspections (FPI). The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
What this changes
Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
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