Bell 429 - Airworthiness Limitations Schedule - Airworthiness Limitations Schedule

BHT-429-MPI
AirworthinessLimitationsSchedule-AirworthinessLimitationsSchedule
THEMODEL429HELICOPTERCONTAINSCRITICALPARTS.FAILUREOFTHESEPARTSDURING
GROUNDORFLIGHTOPERATIONSCANHAVEACATASTROPHICEFFECTONTHEHELICOPTER.
CAREMUSTBETAKENDURINGMAINTENANCE,INSPECTION,REPAIR,TRANSPORTATION,
ANDSTORAGEOFTHECRITICALPARTSTHATAREREMOVEDANDINSTALLED.REFERTO
BHT-429-MM,CHAPTER1FORADDITIONALINFORMATIONANDREQUIREMENTSPERTAINING
TOCRITICALPARTS.
ALLREPAIRANDOVERHAULPROCEDURELIVESPUBLISHEDBYBELLHELICOPTERTEXTRON,
INCLUDINGCOMPONENTRETIREMENTLIFE,AREBASEDSOLELYONTHEUSEOFBELL
HELICOPTERTEXTRONAPPROVEDPARTSANDPROCESSES.IFPARTSORPROCESSES
DEVELOPEDORAPPROVEDBYPARTIESOTHERTHANBELLHELICOPTERAREUSED,
THENTHEDATAPUBLISHEDOROTHERWISESUPPLIEDBYBELLHELICOPTERARENOT
APPLICABLE.THEUSERISWARNEDTONOTRELYONBELLHELICOPTERDATAFORPARTS
ANDPROCESSESNOTAPPROVEDBYBELLHELICOPTER.ALLAPPLICABLEINSPECTIONSAND
REPAIRMETHODSMUSTBEOBTAINEDFROMTHESUPPLIEROFTHEPARTSORPROCESSES
NOTAPPROVEDBYBELLHELICOPTER.BELLHELICOPTERISNOTRESPONSIBLEFORPARTS
ORPROCESSESOTHERTHANTHOSETHATITHASITSELFDEVELOPEDORAPPROVED.
SOMEPARTSAREINSTALLEDASORIGINALEQUIPMENTONBOTHMILITARYANDCOMMERCIAL
HELICOPTERSANDMAYHAVEALOWERAIRWORTHINESSLIFEAND/ORINSPECTION
SCHEDULEWHENUSEDONAMILITARYHELICOPTER.INADDITION,CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDINGTHEIRUSEMAYCALLFOROPERATIONOFTHEMILITARYHELICOPTER
OUTSIDEOFTHEAPPROVEDCOMMERCIALFLIGHTENVELOPE.CONSEQUENTLY,PARTSTHAT
HAVEBEENUSEDONMILITARYHELICOPTERSSHOULDNOTBEUSEDONCOMMERCIAL
HELICOPTERS.
NOTE
RefertoBHT-429-MM,Chapter1foradenitionofthetechnicaltermsusedinthischapter.
ThischapterspeciesthemandatoryairworthinesslivesandmandatoryinspectionintervalsapplicabletotheModel
429helicopter.
NOTE
Theairworthinesslifeorinspectionintervalforanypartnumbercontainedinthisscheduleappliestoall
thesuccessivedashnumbersforthatcomponentunlessitisotherwisespecied.
TheairworthinesslimitationsscheduleT able1summarizesthemandatorymaximumlifeinhours,years,landings,
orbyRetirementIndexNumber(RIN)ofcomponentswithalimitedairworthinesslife.Partsthatarenotonthe
schedulehaveanunlimitedairworthinesslife.TheinspectionlimitationsscheduleT able2summarizesthemandatory
inspectionintervalinhours.TheCerticationMaintenanceRequirementsTable3summarizestherequiredscheduled
maintenancetasks.
TheairworthinesslimitationsofthePW207D1/D2engines,asinstalledintheModel429helicopterandoperated
inaccordancewiththelimitationsspeciedintheFlightManual(BHT-429-FM-1,Section1),arecoveredinthe
applicablesectionofthePW207D1/D2MaintenanceManual(P/N3071602).
Fortheairworthinesslimitationsofinstalledkitsnotcoveredinthischapter,refertotheapplicableInstallation
Instruction(II)orsupplementin429-MM,Chapter99ofthismanual.
NOTE
Theairworthinesslifegivenorthefailuretogiveanairworthinesslifetoacomponentdoesnotconstitute
awarrantyofanykind.Theonlywarrantyapplicabletothehelicopteroranycomponentisthewarranty
includedinthePurchaseAgreementforthehelicopterorthecomponent.
Applicableto:ALL429-A-04-00-00-00A-288A-A
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