# AD 63-05-02: Main Rotor Blades

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Orlando Helicopter Airways HRS-1/CH-19, HRS-3/H-19B, S-55, S-55B and S-55C
- Effective: March 6, 1963
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Amendment: 39-542
- Registered aircraft: 17 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/7B561CB19B2FCFAA86256A4D00503E80.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-05-02

## The airworthiness directive

63-05-02 SIKORSKY: Amdt. 542 Part 507 Federal Register March 6, 1963. Applies to All S-55 Series Helicopters.

Compliance required as indicated.

There has been a fatigue fracture of the main rotor blade spar. For this reason, accomplish the following:

  (a) All S14-10-2000 Series main rotor blades with 975 or more hours' time in service as of the effective date of this AD shall be retired from service within the next 25 hours' time in service.

  (b) All S14-10-2000 Series main rotor blades with less than 975 hours' time in service as of the effective date of this AD shall be retired from service prior to the accumulation of 1,000 hours' time in service.

This directive effective March 6, 1963.

## Affected data sheets (2) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 1H4](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1H4): Centerpointe Aerospace Inc.; names 3 of 3 models: S-55C, S-55, S-55B
- [TCDS HR1SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/HR1SO): Orlando Helicopter Airways Inc.; names 2 of 10 models: HRS-3/H-19B, HRS-1/CH-19

## 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: 17 (17 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Sikorsky 15, Sikorsky/Orlando 1, Sikorsky/Vertical 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Sikorsky S-55B](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-55b): 9 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Sikorsky S-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-55): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Sikorsky S55B](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s55b): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Sikorsky/Orlando S-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-orlando-s-55): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Sikorsky/Vertical S-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-vertical-s-55): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 5 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-05-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-05-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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