# AD 80-03-07: Fuselage Main Beams Splice

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Bell Helicopter Textron 205A-1
- Effective: February 5, 1980
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Amendment: 39-3681
- Registered aircraft: 59 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/EF7CB7696969B43A86256A4E0058267B.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/80-03-07

## The airworthiness directive

80-03-07 BELL: Amendment 39-3681. Applies to Bell Model 205A-1 helicopters, S/N 30001 through 30287 and S/N 30289 through 30296, certificated in all categories.

Compliance required prior to further flight after March 4, 1980, unless already accomplished.

To assure fuselage structural integrity by installing Monel rivets in the fuselage main beams splice, in place of improper aluminum rivets, accomplish the following:

a. Inspect right and left main beam splice (BL14), WL54 from station 127.5 to 154 as specified in Bell Helicopter Textron Technical Bulletin No. 205-79-34.

b. Equivalent means of compliance with this AD may be approved by the Chief, Administration, Southwest Region.

c. The helicopters may be flown in accordance with FAR 21.197 to a base where inspections and repairs can be performed.

This amendment becomes effective February 5, 1980.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS H1SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H1SW): Bell Textron Inc.; names 1 of 5 models: 205A-1

## 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: 59 (59 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Bell 56, Bell/Southwest Florida Aviatio 2, Bell Helicopter Textron 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Bell 205A-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-205a-1): 56 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Bell/Southwest Florida Aviatio 205 A1](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-southwest-florida-aviatio-205-a1): 2 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Bell Helicopter Textron 205A-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-205a-1): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 3 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/80-03-07/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/80-03-07/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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