# AD 81-01-52: Jettisonable Pilot Door

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Airbus Helicopters SA330F, SA330G and SA330J
- Effective: March 16, 1981
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Amendment: 39-4055
- Registered aircraft: 6 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/79C8671BCB4218F386256A4E005506AA.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/81-01-52

## The airworthiness directive

81-01-52 SOCIETE NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE AEROSPATIALE: Amendment 39- 4055. Applies to Models SA330F, G, and J series helicopters, certificated in all categories.

Compliance required within five (5) hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD unless already accomplished since December 22, 1980.

To prevent possible in-flight loss of the pilot or copilot doors or the copilot's jettisonable panel (if installed), accomplish the following:

  (a) Inspect the jettisonable pilot door in accordance with Aerospatiale SA330 work cards Nos. 52-10-601 and 52-10-401 of the SA330 Maintenance Manual (Document 8582), or an FAA approved equivalent, and

  (b) Inspect either -

  (1) The jettisonable copilot panel in accordance with Aerospatiale SA330 work cards Nos. 52-21-601 and 52-21-401 or an FAA-approved equivalent, or

  (2) The jettisonable copilot door (if fitted per Aerospatiale Modification No. OP-11-611 or OP-11-970) in accordance with Aerospatiale work cards Nos. 52-10-601 and 52- 10-401 of the maintenance manual, or an FAA-approved equivalent.

  (c) Rerig improperly rigged doors and panels before further flight. Use serviceable parts in accordance with the respective reference work cards or FAA-approved equivalents.

This amendment becomes effective March 16, 1981, to all persons except those persons to whom it was made immediately effective by telegraphic AD T81-01-52, issued December 31, 1980, which contained this amendment.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS H4EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H4EU): Airbus Helicopters; names 1 of 7 models: SA330J

## 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: 6 (6 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Aerospatiale 3, Eurocopter France 2, Eurocopter 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Aerospatiale SA330J](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa330j): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Eurocopter France SA330J](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-france-sa330j): 2 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Eurocopter SA 330J](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-sa-330j): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 3 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/81-01-52/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/81-01-52/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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