77-03-04 Bell: Amendment 39-2822; AD Applies to Bell Model 214B and 214B-1 helicopters, S/N 28001 through 28006, 28008, 28009, and 280011, certificated in all categories.
Compliance required within 25 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD unless already accomplished.
To prevent a possible interference between a control tube and a fuselage fitting, trim the fuselage splice fitting of fuselage Station 129 in accordance with Bell Helicopter Textron Service Bulletin No. 214-76-6 dated November 1, 1976, or later approved revision.
The manufacturer's specifications and procedures identified and described in this directive are incorporated herein and made a part hereof pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1). All persons affected by this directive who have not already received these documents from the manufacturer may obtain copies upon request to Service Manager, Bell Helicopter Textron, P.O. Box 482, Fort Worth, Texas 76101. These documents may also be examined at the Office of Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, FAA, 4400 Blue Mound Road, Fort Worth, Texas, and at FAA Headquarters, 800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington D.C. A historical file on this AD which includes the incorporated material in full is maintained by the FAA at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and at the Office of Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, FAA, 4400 Blue Mound Road, Fort Worth, Texas.
This amendment becomes effective February 14, 1977.