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AD 53-12-01 ACTIVE

Horizontal Stabilizer Spar
Key Information
AD Number 53-12-01 Status Active
Effective Date Not specified Issue Date Not specified
Docket Number Unknown Amendment N/A
Product Type ["Aircraft"] Product Subtype ["Rotorcraft"]
CFR Part --- - Part 39 CFR Section N/A
Citation This information is not available.
Applicability
Manufacturer(s) Hiller Aviation
Model(s) UH-12 UH-12A UH-12B
Regulatory Text

53-12-01 HILLER: Applies to All UH-12, UH-12A, UH-12B, HTE-1, HTE-2, H-23A and H-23B Helicopters Incorporating Horizontal Stabilizers With Short Spar Inserts or Without Spar Inserts.

Compliance required as indicated below.

Replacement of the horizontal stabilizer assembly, P/N 37001 on the above helicopters has been found necessary to prevent fatigue failure of the stabilizer spar.
(Hiller Service Bulletin No. 26 covers this procedure.)

(a) Stabilizer assemblies P/N 37001-9 incorporating short spar inserts (5.75 inches) must be removed from service when they have accumulated 300 hours total time. The replacement stabilizer is identified as 37001-14 and incorporates a long spar insert.

(b) Stabilizer assemblies P/N 37001-7 (without spar insert and identified as 37001) must be removed from service when they have accumulated 1,600 hours total time. The replacement stabilizer is identified as 37001-12 and incorporates a long spar insert.

(c) Stabilizer assemblies P/N 37001-12 and -14 incorporate long spar inserts (10.29 inches). Attachment to the aft bulkhead socket is made by two AN 174-17 bolts. The total service life of these assemblies is not limited.