# Proposed AD FAA-2007-27495: Eurocopter France Model AS350B, BA, B1, B2, B3, C, D, and D1; EC-130B4; and AS355E, F, F1, F2, and N Helicopters

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Withdrawn
- Products: Eurocopter France
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Proposed rule; withdrawal.
- Published: March 8, 2021, 86 FR 13228
- Comments due: March 12, 2007
- Docket: FAA-2007-27495 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2007-27495, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2005-SW-14-AD
- FR document: 2021-04235
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/11/32/11326d8a49533e2d87338fc86685c6d0a18b1702330cd2ec79de1f510244e814 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-03-08/pdf/2021-04235.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/03/08/2021-04235/airworthiness-directives-eurocopter-france-helicopters
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/0C3939D65B93D17586258692006D4821.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2007-27495

## Summary

The FAA is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would have applied to certain Eurocopter France (now Airbus Helicopters) Model AS350B, BA, B1, B2, B3, C, D, and D1; EC-130B4; and AS355E, F, F1, F2, and N helicopters. The NPRM would have required modifying the collective hold-down strap (strap) and thereafter inspecting it at specified intervals to ensure the rubber grommet is resting against the console or replacing the strap with a strap that has a torsional spring at the lower end of the strap. Since issuance of the NPRM, the FAA issued AD 2014-02-05, which addresses the unsafe condition identified in the NPRM. Accordingly, the NPRM is withdrawn.

## Notices in this docket

- Mar 13, 2007: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 07-1167, comments due May 14, 2007 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/03/13/07-1167/airworthiness-directives-eurocopter-france-model-as350b-ba-b1-b2-b3-c-d-and-d1-ec-130b4-and-as355e-f)
- Mar 8, 2021: Proposed rule; withdrawal., FR document 2021-04235, comments due Mar 12, 2007 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/03/08/2021-04235/airworthiness-directives-eurocopter-france-helicopters)

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