2000-18-51: Main Rotor Blade Grip
Emergency order 2000-18-51 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Main Rotor Blade Grip. It names Bell 47: about 477 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: rotorcraft systems.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Bell Helicopter Textron; Scotts-Bell 47 Inc; Bell Helicopter Textron
- Models
- 47B, 47B3, 47D, 47D1, 47G, 47G-2, 47G-2A, 47G-2A-1, 47G-3, 47G-3B, 47G-3B-1, 47G-3B-2, 47G-3B-2A, 47G-4, 47G-4A, 47G-5, 47G-5A, 47H-1, 47J, 47J-2, 47J-2A, 47K
- On this site
- Bell 47 477 registered
Dates and paperwork
- Docket
- 2000-SW-35-AD
- Replaced by
- 2001-17-17
- Status
- Historical
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
2001-02-09SW-01-13 ·
Source: FAA Dynamic Regulatory System, airworthiness directives. The FAA's document is the authority; the register counts are this site's, from the FAA register of October 7, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/2000-18-51.json · aircraft systems.