# AD 60-11-09: Rotor Blades

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Airbus Helicopters SE 3130-Alouette II
- Published: May 18, 1960
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Registered aircraft: 8 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/F25F9C787F47039C86256CC400736C0F.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-11-09

## The airworthiness directive

60-11-09 SUD AVIATION: Amdt. 154 Part 507 Federal Register May 18, 1960. Applies to All Alouette II SE 3130 Helicopters Equipped With Tail Rotor Blade Model Numbers 34.40.000 and 34.60.000.

Compliance required each five hours of time in service.

  (a) Visually inspect the upper and lower blade surfaces to determine that the blade cuff at the attachment bolts and the skin around the entire reinforcement plate area are free from cracks.

  (b) Check the end of the reinforcement plate for bonding separation by exerting light thumb pressure on the blade immediately outboard of the plate.

  (c) If evidence of cracking or bonding separation is found blades must be replaced prior to further flight.

  (d) All blade numbers 34.40.000 and 34.60.000 must be retired at 2,500 hours of service time.

(Sud Alouette Helicopter Service Bulletin No. 34.11.138B covers the same subject in Part D.)

Revised February 28, 1962.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 7H1](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/7H1): Airbus Helicopters; names 1 of 5 models: SE 3130-Alouette II

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 8 (8 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: S N I A S 7, Sud 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [S N I A S SE 3130 ALOUETTE II](https://openairdocs.org/model/s-n-i-a-s-se-3130-alouette-ii): 7 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Sud SE3130 ALOUETTE II](https://openairdocs.org/model/sud-se3130-alouette-ii): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-11-09/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-11-09/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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