The purpose of this CAN is to notify helicopter operators and maintenance providers of a recent occurrence reported to CAA of a winch cable which was damaged during a winching operation.
This Continuing Airworthiness Notice (CAN) is issued to bring attention to an issue reported to the CAA recently, where MS21042L3 nuts appeared to lose their self-locking function during installation.
The purpose of this Continuing Airworthiness Notice (CAN) is to provide guidance about manufacturers’ service information, such as Service Bulletins (SB), Service Letters (SL) etc.
The intent of this CAN is to raise awareness among operators and maintenance providers of the importance of operators ensuring that they assess and give due consideration to following manufacturer service information.
CAN 27-025 Revision 1 revised to expand the applicability to include AS 355 series helicopters. The intent of this CAN is to raise awareness among operators and maintenance providers of the importance of thoroughly completing the necessary duplicate safety inspections, ensuring correct assembly and function. Where necessary, reference should be made to the relevant Instructions for Continued Airworthiness. Operators are also reminded of the value of assessing manufacturers service information and establishing the configuration of an aircraft when inducting it into their fleet.
The CAA has received a report of an operator finding a cracked main rotor longitudinal pitch mixer bellcrank P/N 269A7519 on a Hughes 269C helicopter. A subsequent inspection by an engineer could not identify any indication of damage, or corrosion which may have initiated the crack. Operators are advised to pay particular attention to the flight control linkages when carrying out pre-flight inspections as required by the Pilot’s Flight Manual. Maintenance providers should thoroughly investigate any defects found during the scheduled inspection of helicopter flight control system/linkages.
CAA have been made aware of an incident where an aft cargo hold door on an AS 350 helicopter opened in flight. The door latch mechanism was confirmed to be serviceable at the time of the occurrence and CCTV footage confirmed that the door was properly closed at departure.
The CAA has recently been requested to clarify whether the Inspection Planning Latitude in Rule 91.611 can be utilised for repetitive Airworthiness Limitation (AWL) inspections which are specified in the aircraft Instructions for Continuing Airworthiness (ICA).
This Continuing Airworthiness Notice is revised to issue 2 to advise operators and maintainers that the Type Certificates previously held by Pacific Aerospace Limited, Hamilton, were transferred from Pacific Aerospace Limited to NZSkydive Limited on 29 November 2021. NZSkydive Limited is trading as Pacific Aerospace.
This Continuing Airworthiness Notice (CAN) is issued to advise operators and maintainers that ASTM has revised ASTM E1417 applicable to the Standard Practice for Liquid Penetrant Testing.
This Continuing Airworthiness Notice (CAN) is issued to advise operators and maintainers of the airworthiness risks associated with Covid-19 cleaning requirements.
The purpose of this Continuing Airworthiness Notice (CAN) is to remind operators and maintainers of Robinson Helicopter Company (RHC) maintenance requirements about self-locking fasteners.
RSA-10AD1 Fuel Control Units (FCUs) manufactured by Avstar Fuel Systems
This Continuing Airworthiness Notice (CAN) is issued to notify pilots and operators of Bristell aircraft variants of some airworthiness concerns that have been raised regarding aspects of their operation. Specifically, CASA has published a Safety Advisor
The purpose of this continuing Airworthiness Notice is to provide guidance regarding the assessment whether an engine qualifies for a time between overhaul extensions per the requirements in Lycoming SI 1009BC.
This CAN is prompted by a report of finding the wire rope core and two outer strands of the cable broken near the ball end termination on a Breeze Eastern hoist P/N BL-20200-431.
To advise operators and maintainers of cargo hook systems that compliance with manufacturer provided Instructions for Continuing Airworthiness (ICA) is required to ensure the hook system is kept in an airworthiness condition. This Continuing Airworthiness
This Continuing Airworthiness Notice (CAN) is prompted by a report received by the CAA of finding a measuring tape with two measuring scales printed on it. One scale is marked in mm, and a second scale marked in units of 1/33m, which was mistaken to be 1”
This (CAN) is prompted by a recent inadvertent load release during an external load operation due to a fractured conduit of the manual release cable. Prior to every external load operation the cargo hook manual release cable must be inspected for broken o
All tandem parachutes and tandem passenger harnesses.
