Flight Director
0 failure reports named the flight director in the last ten years, 8 since 1996. 2 FAA approvals let 1 company make a replacement flight director, Aviation Specialties Unlimited INC holding the most (2).
Reports by year
Reports by year, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 1999 | 2 |
Approved replacement parts 2 parts manufacturer approvals
A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a flight director and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a flight director:
For these models most: Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125 (1), Airbus Helicopters AS-365 (1), Aerospatiale AS 365 (1).
| Maker | Part | Replaces | Fits | Granted | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aviation Specialties Unlimited INC | Flight Director HSI Filter ASU-HSI-1 | Modification Part | Eurocopter France AS350B AS350BA AS350B2 AS350B3 EC130B4 | 2011-10-31 | current |
| Aviation Specialties Unlimited INC | Flight Director Filter ASU-AS365FD-1 | Modification Part | Aerospatiale AS-365N2, AS-365N3 | 2010-10-21 | current |
Sources: the FAA's service difficulty reports since 1995 (a report is a part that failed and was fixed, as filed by an airline, repair station or owner; the count shows reporting as much as reliability) and the parts manufacturer approvals in the FAA's Dynamic Regulatory System. The part name is the reporters' and the approval holders' own words, reduced to the first plain words so that spellings meet.