2003-08-51: Tail rotor blade pitch horns
Emergency order 2003-08-51 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Tail rotor blade pitch horns. It names Hughes 369 500 series helicopters, Md Helicopters Inc 369: about 231 aircraft on the U.S. register today across them, 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
- MD Helicopters, Inc.
- Models
- 369, 369A, 369D, 369E, 369F, 369FF, 369H, 369HE, 369HM, 369HS
- On this site
- Hughes 369 500 series helicopters 123 registered
Md Helicopters Inc 369 108 registered
Dates and paperwork
- Docket
- 2003-SW-17-AD
- Replaced by
- 2013-19-24
- Status
- Historical
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
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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 November 6, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/2003-08-51.json · aircraft systems.