# Proposed AD FAA-2013-0018: Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH Helicopters

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2013-12-05
- Products: Eurocopter Deutschland
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: January 18, 2013, 78 FR 4090
- Comments due: March 19, 2013
- Became: [AD 2013-12-05](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2013-12-05)
- Docket: FAA-2013-0018 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2013-0018, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2010-SW-060-AD
- FR document: 2013-01004
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/2f/45/2f456ba61adcb34dd7a1bbfb3a8dacb953d473d55afde4f5b9a6edaaa8a5f9ff (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-01-18/pdf/2013-01004.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/01/18/2013-01004/airworthiness-directives-eurocopter-deutschland-gmbh-helicopters
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/D2A73C845D06022386257AF70052E242.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2013-0018

## Summary

We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH (Eurocopter) Model MBB-BK 117 C-2 helicopters. This proposed AD would require determining if a certain serial-numbered bevel gear is installed in the tailrotor intermediate gear box (IGB). If such a bevel gear is installed in the IGB, this AD would require recording the bevel gear's reduced life limit in the Airworthiness Limitations section of the maintenance manual and on the component history card or equivalent IGB record. If the bevel gear's life limit has been reached or exceeded, this AD would require, before further flight, replacing the bevel gear with an airworthy bevel gear. This proposed AD is prompted by the discovery that the tooth foot fillets in certain bevel gears fell below the minimum dimensions required in the design documents to ensure safe functioning of the bevel gear until reaching its approved life limit. The proposed actions are intended to prevent failure of a bevelgear before reaching its currently approved life limit, failure of the IGB, and subsequent loss of helicopter control.

## Notices in this docket

- Jan 18, 2013: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2013-01004, comments due Mar 19, 2013 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/01/18/2013-01004/airworthiness-directives-eurocopter-deutschland-gmbh-helicopters)

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