59-10-06: Wood Check Plate Rotor Blades
FAA order 59-10-06 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Wood Check Plate Rotor Blades. System: other and general.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Kaman Aerospace Corporation
- Models
- K-240
Dates and paperwork
- Docket
- Unknown
- Status
- Current
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
The order itself the regulatory text, as published
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59-10-06 KAMAN: Applies to All K-240 Helicopters (Military HTK-1).
Due to associated adverse service experience, the wood type cheek plate rotor blades, P/N K411042-1, -2, -7, and -8 are ineligible for use. These blades modified to conform to, or replaced by, fiberglass type cheek plate rotor blades, P/N K411042-77 and -78, are acceptable with a 2,500-hour retirement life.
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/59-10-06.json · aircraft systems.