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85-15-04: Tail Rotor Blade Yolk P/N 74-641-057-9

FAA order 85-15-04 is an airworthiness directive in force since January 8, 1986. The FAA's subject line: Tail Rotor Blade Yolk P/N 74-641-057-9. It names Bell-Carson 47, Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13: about 19 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
Scotts-Bell 47 Inc; Isenberg, Wilbur M.; McCreary, Gifton
Models
47B, 47B3, 47D, 47D1, 47E, 47G, 47G-3, 47H-1, OH-13E, OH-13E
On this site
Bell-Carson 47 5 registered
Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13 14 registered

Dates and paperwork

In force since
January 8, 1986
Docket
Unknown
Status
Current
The FAA's document
Read the order on the FAA's site

The order itself the regulatory text, as published

Show the full text (1,258 characters)
85-15-04 BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC., HAWKEYE ROTOR AND WING, TEXAS HELICOPTER CORPORATION: Amendment 39-5186. Applies to Model 47B, 47B3, 47D, 47D1, 47E, 47G, 47H-1, 47G-3, U.S. Army Model OH-13E helicopters certified in any category and other helicopters equipped with tail rotor blade yoke P/N 74-641- 057-9. Compliance is required as indicated, unless already accomplished. To prevent the failure of the tail rotor blade yoke, accomplish the following: a. Within the next 10 hours time in service after the effective date of this AD, remove from service Texas Helicopter Corporation tail rotor blade yoke P/N 74-641-057-9. b. Any equivalent method of compliance with this AD which provides an equivalent level of safety may be used when approved by the Manager, Helicopter Certification Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, 4400 Blue Mound Road, Fort Worth, Texas 76106. c. In accordance with FAR Sections 21.197 and 21.199, flight is permitted to a base where the replacement required by this AD may be accomplished. This amendment becomes effective January 8, 1986, as to all persons except those to whom it was made immediately effective by priority letter AD 85-15-04, issued July 23, 1985, which contained this amendment.

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 October 5, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/85-15-04.json · aircraft systems.