60-10-10: Rotor Blade Retirement
FAA order 60-10-10 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Rotor Blade Retirement. System: rotorcraft systems.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Boeing Defense & Space Group
- Models
- 44A, 44B
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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60-10-10 VERTOL: Amdt. 140 Part 507 Federal Register May 4, 1960. Applies to all 44 series helicopters.
Compliance required as indicated.
All forward rotor blades P/N 42R1002-9, -13, -15, -19, -90, -130, -131, -132, -150, and - 152 must be retired at 800 hours of service time. All forward rotor blades P/N 42R1002-137 AND -139 and all aft rotor blades P/N 42R1002-2, -4, -20, and -40 must be retired at 1,350 hours of service time.
When the above blades are modified to 42R1002-42, -133, or -135 the provisions of this airworthiness directive no longer apply.
This supersedes AD 59-25-02.
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/60-10-10.json · aircraft systems.