Agusta AB139 / AW139 (PWC PT6) Type Course Chapter 04

CHAPTER 04

AIRWORTHINESS
LIMITATIONS

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AIRWORTHINESS LIMITATIONS

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AIRWORTHINESS LIMITATIONS
GENERAL
This is the chapter 04-00 of the Aircraft Maintenance Planning
Information (AMPI). The AMPI gives all the data necessary for the
maintenance planning of the AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter.
Chapter 04-00 provides the airworthiness limitations applicable to
the AW139 helicopter.
The airworthiness limitations are approved by EASA (or other
Authority, like FAA or IAC-AR) and cannot be changed without
approval.
The airworthiness limitations include the following contents:
• The retirement lives
• The mandatory inspections
• The certifications requirements
RETIREMENT LIVES
These parts must be mandatorily retired from service when the
indicated retirement life is reached. This also applies to all those
non-serialized standard parts with connect the identified assembly
component.
The retirement life specified for any given part number contained in
this section applies to indicated and all successive dash numbers for
that item, if not differently specified.
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All retirement lives are expressed in Flying Hours (FH), if not
differently specified. Flying hours are defined as those hours
accumulated from take-off landing.
The retirement lives of some parts are expressed in “landings”
because their life is dependent upon the rotor start-stop cycles and
the helicopter ground-air- ground cycles.
If not differently specified, the retirement lives are based on the
following assumptions:
•800 landings in 100 flying hours, including 400 rotor start-stop
cycles.
•20 percent of usage in CAT. A Training Operations, on yearly
basis.
•For External Load Operations: 6 External Load Cycles and 3
Landings per Flying Hour, calculated on at least 100 FH basis;
•For External Hoist Operations: 1.65 Lift per Flying Hour, calculated
on at least 100 FH basis.
Any mission profile using more cycles per hour than those listed
above requires the retirement lives to be recalculated and approved
by EASA.
If parts with the same part number can be interchanged between
differentAW139 variants, the retirement life of the part must be
restricted to the lowest value between those variants.
No tolerance is permitted on the Retirements Lives.
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MANDATORY INSPECTIONS

These parts must be mandatorily inspect when the interval is

reached.
No tolerance is permitted on Mandatory Inspections.
The mandatory inspection can be:

• General visual inspection (GVI): A visual examination that

will find sing of faults. Removal of panels, cowlings, doors
and adjacent components for access can be necessary.

• Detailed Inspection (DVI): A full visual examination of an

item/ component, an assembly or an installation. It examines
for sing of faults with sufficient light source, mirror, hand
lens or other applicable tools. Procedure to clean and get
access to the items can be necessary.

• Special Detailed Inspection (SDI): A full examination of an

area or a component as for detailed examination. Non-
destructive tests and high powered magnification are
necessary. It can also be necessary to disassemble a
component.

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• Operational Check (OC): The procedure necessary to make

CERTIFICATION MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
sure that a component or system operates. No test
This section gives you the data about the mandatory maintenance equipment is used and it is not necessary to compare with
checks identified during the certification process. limits or tolerances.

The parts listed in the schedule that follows must be mandatorily • Visual Check (VC): A visual check is an observation to
inspected when the indicated interval is reached. determine that an item is fulfilling its intended purpose. Does
not require quantitative tolerances. This is a failure finding
No tolerance is permitted on Certification Maintenance
task.
Requirements.

Certification Maintenance Requirements include activities such as:

• General Visual Inspection (GVI): A visual examination that
will find signs of faults. Removal of panels, cowlings, doors
and adjacent components for access can be necessary.

• Detailed Inspection (DI): A full visual examination of an

item/ component, an assembly or an installation. It
examination for sing of faults with sufficient light source,
mirror, hand lens or other applicable tools. Procedures to
clean and get access to the items can be necessary.

• Special Detailed Inspection (SDI): A full examination of an

area or a component as for a detailed examination. Non-
destructive tests and high-powered magnification are
necessary. It can also be necessary to disassemble a
component.

• Functional Check (FC): The procedure necessary to make

sure that a system, equipment or component operates
correctly. Test equipment can be necessary.

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