80-03-07 BELL: Amendment 39-3681. Applies to Bell Model 205A-1 helicopters, S/N 30001 through 30287 and S/N 30289 through 30296, certificated in all categories.
Compliance required prior to further flight after March 4, 1980, unless already accomplished.
To assure fuselage structural integrity by installing Monel rivets in the fuselage main beams splice, in place of improper aluminum rivets, accomplish the following:
a. Inspect right and left main beam splice (BL14), WL54 from station 127.5 to 154 as specified in Bell Helicopter Textron Technical Bulletin No. 205-79-34.
b. Equivalent means of compliance with this AD may be approved by the Chief, Administration, Southwest Region.
c. The helicopters may be flown in accordance with FAR 21.197 to a base where inspections and repairs can be performed.
This amendment becomes effective February 5, 1980.