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84-15-04: Tail Rotor Controls

FAA order 84-15-04 is an airworthiness directive in force since August 3, 1984. The FAA's subject line: Tail Rotor Controls. It names Sikorsky Aircraft Corp S-76: about 34 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
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Models
S-76A
On this site
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp S-76 34 registered

Dates and paperwork

In force since
August 3, 1984
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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84-15-04 SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT DIVISION: Amendment 39-4893. Applies to all Sikorsky Model S-76A helicopters, certificated in all categories. Compliance is required within 30 days after the effective date of this AD unless already accomplished. To prevent loss of control of the helicopter due to tail rotor control cable failure, accomplish the following: Unless already accomplished, install a tail rotor controls centering quadrant in accordance with Sikorsky Customer Service Notice No. 76-133, Revision A, dated November 10, 1983, or FAA-approved equivalent. Upon submission of substantiating data by an owner or operator through an FAA maintenance inspector, the compliance time of this AD may be adjusted and/or an equivalent method of compliance may be approved upon request to the Manager, Boston Aircraft Certification Office, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, telephone (617) 273-7118. This amendment becomes effective August 3, 1984.

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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/84-15-04.json · aircraft systems.