# Proposed AD FAA-2010-0517: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Model S- 76A Helicopters

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2012-15-08
- Products: Sikorsky
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: October 26, 2011, 76 FR 66205
- Comments due: December 27, 2011
- Became: [AD 2012-15-08](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2012-15-08)
- Docket: FAA-2010-0517 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2010-0517, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2009-SW-73-AD
- FR document: 2011-27659
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/7b/66/7b6639c802035e91b9705c213313d8d1d00a68af5b43281b1a718a1d3f00b323 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-10-26/pdf/2011-27659.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/10/26/2011-27659/airworthiness-directives-sikorsky-aircraft-corporation-model-s-76a-helicopters
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/7AC33011F13B111686257935006FD9DB.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2010-0517

## Summary

This document proposes adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) Model S-76A helicopters. This proposal would require modifying the electric rotor brake (ERB). Thereafter, the AD would also require inserting changes to the "Normal Procedures'' and "Emergency Procedures'' sections of the Rotorcraft Flight Manual (RFM), which revises the information of the basic RFM when the ERB is installed. This proposal is prompted by a reported incident of a fire occurring in an ERB installed on a Model S- 76A helicopter. The actions specified by this proposed AD are intended to prevent overheating of the ERB assembly, ignition of the ERB hydraulic fluid, a fire in the main gearbox area, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

## Notices in this docket

- Oct 26, 2011: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2011-27659, comments due Dec 27, 2011 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/10/26/2011-27659/airworthiness-directives-sikorsky-aircraft-corporation-model-s-76a-helicopters)

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