# AD 88-15-02: Main Rotor Head Spindles

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Airbus Helicopters SA330F, SA330G and SA330J
- Effective: July 21, 1988
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Amendment: 39-5974
- Registered aircraft: 6 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DEDCE9FB4A35718786256A4E00493941.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/88-15-02

## The airworthiness directive

88-15-02 SOCIETE NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE AEROSPATIALE (SNIAS): Amendment 39-5974. Applies to all Aerospatiale Model SA 330 series helicopters certificated in any category.

Compliance is required as indicated (unless already accomplished).

To prevent failure of the main rotor head spindles, accomplish the following:

  (a) Replace main rotor head spindles (P/N's 330A31-1122-09 and -10 and 330A31- 1782-00 and -01) as follows--

  (1) For spindles which have 4,400 or more hours' time in service on the effective date of this AD, replace the spindles within the next 100 hours' time in service; and

  (2) For spindles which have less than 4,400 hours' time in service on the effective date of this AD, replace the spindles before they reach 4,500 hours' time in service.

  (b) An alternate method of compliance with this AD, which provides an equivalent level of safety, may be used when approved by the Manager, Rotorcraft Standards Staff, Federal Aviation Administration,Fort Worth, Texas 76193-0110, or by the Manager, Aircraft Certification Office, AEU-100, FAA, Europe, Africa, and Middle East Office, c/o American Embassy, Brussels, Belgium.

NOTE: Aerospatiale Service Bulletin No. 01.41 pertains to this subject.

This amendment, 39-5974, becomes effective July 21, 1988.

## 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/88-15-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/88-15-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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