# AD 69-04-03: Rotor Blade

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Schweizer 269A, 269A-1 and 269B
- Effective: March 22, 1969
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Amendment: 39-724
- Registered aircraft: 134 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/685F1215027B009E86256A38006BAFC0.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-04-03

## The airworthiness directive

69-04-03 HUGHES: Amdt. 39-724. Applies to Model 269A, 269A-1, 269A-2, and 269B helicopters with P/N 269A6035 low tip speed tail rotor blade installed.

To insure continued airworthiness of the low tip speed tail rotor blade, prior to accumulation of 5000 hours' time in service, remove tail rotor blade, P/N 269A6035, marking it permanently and conspicuously to avoid its inadvertent return to service, and replace with a new or serviceable tail rotor blade, P/N 269A6035, having less than 5000 hours' time in service.

This amendment becomes effective March 22, 1969.

## 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 3 of 6 models: 269B, 269A-1, 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: 134 (134 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Hughes 133, Schweizer 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Hughes 269A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a): 97 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Hughes 269B](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b): 31 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Hughes 269A-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a-1): 5 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Schweizer 269A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269a): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 4 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-04-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-04-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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