# AD 62-14-03: Tail Rotor Blade

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Schweizer 269A
- Effective: June 26, 1962
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Registered aircraft: 98 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/9710CE5BCAF4E2A386256A380065A085.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/62-14-03

## The airworthiness directive

62-14-03 HUGHES: Amdt. 455 Part 507 Federal Register June 21, 1962. Applies to Model 269A helicopter Serial Numbers 0011 to 0059 Inclusive.

Compliance required as indicated.

  (a) To prevent failure of the tail rotor blade, within the next 10 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, and each day thereafter, conduct a visual inspection of the tip of the Hughes P/N 269A6124 tail rotor blade for separation of the rib and the blade skin. This will appear as a crack in the bond line between the blade tip rib and the blade skin.

  (b) If no separation is detected, the tail rotor blades may continue to be used in service for the remainder of their service life subject to the inspection specified in paragraph (a).

  (c) If separation is detected, remove the tail rotor assembly and replace prior to further flight with an assembly incorporating tail rotor blades P/N 269A6124 Change E or later. After installation of P/N 269A6124 Change E or later, the normal inspection procedures may be followed.

(Hughes Tool Company, Aircraft Division, Hughes-O-Gram to operators dated May 2, 1962, covers the same subject.)

This directive effective June 26, 1962.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 4H12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4H12): Schweizer RSG LLC; names 1 of 6 models: 269A

## 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: 98 (98 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Hughes 97, Schweizer 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Hughes 269A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a): 97 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Schweizer 269A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269a): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/62-14-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/62-14-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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