TC APPROVED BHT-206A/B-SERIES-MM-1
4-00-00
25 JUN 2019 Rev. 16 Page 5
Export Classification C, ECCN EAR99
AIRWORTHINESS LIMITATIONS SCHEDULE
4-1. AIRWORTHINESS LIMITATIONS
SCHEDULE
ALL REPAIR AND OVERHAUL
PROCEDURES LIVES PUBLISHED BY
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON,
INCLUDING COMPONENT RETIREMENT
LIFE, ARE BASED SOLELY ON THE USE
OF BELL APPROVED PARTS AND
PROCESSES. IF PARTS OR
PROCESSES DEVELOPED OR
APPROVED BY PARTIES OTHER THAN
BELL HELICOPTER ARE USED, THEN
THE DATA PUBLISHED OR OTHERWISE
SUPPLIED BY BELL HELICOPTER ARE
NOT APPLICABLE. THE USER IS
WARNED TO NOT RELY ON BELL
HELICOPTER DATA FOR PARTS AND
PROCESSES NOT APPROVED BY BELL
HELICOPTER. ALL APPLICABLE
INSPECTIONS AND REPAIR METHODS
MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE
SUPPLIER OF THE PARTS OR
PROCESSES NOT APPROVED BY BELL
HELICOPTER. BELL HELICOPTER IS
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PARTS OR
PROCESSES OTHER THAN THOSE
WHICH IT HAS ITSELF DEVELOPED OR
APPROVED.
CONTINUED USE OF ANY TIME/
CALENDAR/RIN LIFE LIMITED
COMPONENT PAST ITS STATED LIMITS
IS NOT PERMITTED AS IT COULD
SERIOUSLY AFFECT THE
AIRWORTHINESS OF THE HELICOPTER.
THE COMPONENT MUST BE REMOVED
FROM THE HELICOPTER NOT LATER
THAN THE END OF THE LIFE LIMIT. IT
MUST EITHER BE MADE
UNSERVICEABLE OR MARKED IN A
CONSPICUOUS MANNER TO PREVENT
CONTINUED USE, EVEN INADVERTENT
USE.
WHEN A REPLACEMENT PART IS
INSTALLED, THE PART NAME, PART
NUMBER, SERIAL NUMBER, AND
CURRENT OPERATING HOURS, IF
APPLICABLE, MUST BE RECORDED IN
THE HISTORICAL SERVICE RECORD
FOR THE ASSEMBLY OR HELICOPTER.
The requirements stated in Chapter 5 are to
be complied with and the appropriate
maintenance actions are to be performed.
The airworthiness life or inspection interval
for any part number contained in this
schedule applies to all the successive dash
numbers for that component unless it is
otherwise specified.
The mandatory airworthiness limitations schedule
(Table 4-1) summarizes the mandatory maximum life,
in hours, years (months) or by Retirement Index
Number (RIN) of components with a limited
airworthiness life. Parts that are not on the schedule
have an unlimited airworthiness life.
Refer to the engine manufacturer's publications for the
airworthiness limitations schedule of the engine and
components.
SOME PARTS ARE INSTALLED AS
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON BOTH
MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL
HELICOPTERS AND MAY HAVE A
LOWER AIRWORTHINESS LIFE AND/OR
OVERHAUL SCHEDULE WHEN USED
ON A MILITARY HELICOPTER. IN
ADDITION, CIRCUMSTANCES