# AD 82-09-53: Swashplate Drive Links

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Bell Helicopter Textron, A Division of Textron Canada 222
- Effective: August 19, 1982
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Amendment: 39-4434
- Docket: 82-ASW-24
- Registered aircraft: 15 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/948AF78319238AB886256A4E005797C9.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/82-09-53

## The airworthiness directive

82-09-53 BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC.: Amendment 39-4434. Applies to Model 222 helicopters certificated in all categories that are equipped with swashplate drive links, Part No. 222-010-460-101. (Airworthiness Docket No. 82-ASW-24.)

Compliance required as indicated, unless already accomplished.

To prevent possible link failure due to excessive bearing wear in the main rotor swashplate drive links and possible link cracks, accomplish the following installation.

Before further flight, after the effective date of this AD, install swashplate drive links, Part No. 222-011-416 or 222-018-034 in place of swashplate drive links 222-010-460-101 as prescribed in Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Technical Bulletin 222-81-41, dated September 1, 1981, or by an equivalent procedure approved by Chief, Aircraft Certification Division, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region.

This AD supersedes and cancels AD No. T82-09-52.

This amendment becomes effective August 19, 1982, to all persons except those to whom it was made immediately effective by telegraphic AD T82-09-53 issued April 27, 1982, which contained this amendment.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS H9SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H9SW): Bell Textron Canada Limited; names 1 of 5 models: 222

## 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: 15 (15 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Bell 15

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Bell 222](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-222): 15 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/82-09-53/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/82-09-53/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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