61-16-07: Main Rotor Hubs
FAA order 61-16-07 is an airworthiness directive in force since August 5, 1961. The FAA's subject line: Main Rotor Hubs. It names S N I A S SE 3130: about 7 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
- Airbus Helicopters
- Models
- SE 3130-Alouette II
- On this site
- S N I A S SE 3130 7 registered
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- August 5, 1961
- Published
- August 5, 1961
- 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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61-16-07 SUD AVIATION: Amdt. 321 Part 507 Federal Register August 5, 1961. Applies to All Alouette II SE 3130 Helicopters.
Compliance required as indicated.
As a result of two cases of cracks in the main rotor hubs, all main rotor hubs P/N 3130. S12.20.001 must be retired from service upon accumulation of 660 hours' time in service, except that main rotor hubs which have already accumulated 650 or more hours' time in service on the effective date of this directive must be retired from service within the next 10 hours' time in service.
(Sud Aviation Helicopters Service Alouette II SE 3130 No. AL 12.11.204 covers this subject.)
This directive effective August 5, 1961.
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/61-16-07.json · aircraft systems.