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Document ID: FAA-2007-0378-0004
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Received Date: January 08 2008, at 10:55 AM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: January 8 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: January 3 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: March 3 2008, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80397308
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This is comment on Rule

Airworthiness Directives; Robinson Helicopter Company Models R22, R22 Alpha, R22 Beta, R22 Mariner, R44 and R44 II Helicopters

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The requirement: (c) Thereafter, if the rotor blade has been found airworthy by the inspections in paragraph (a), before each flight, visually check for any exposed (bare metal) skin-to-spar bonded area on the lower surface of each blade within the outboard 24 inches paying particular attention to the last 10 inches before the tip. An owner/operator (pilot) holding at least a private pilot certificate may perform this visual check and must enter compliance into the aircraft maintenance records in accordance with 14 CFR 43.11 and 91.417(a)(2)(V). to log each preflight inspection is unduly burdensome. It also implies that the aircraft logbooks must be carried in the helicopter. This may be unsafe because they would need to be stowed under one of the seats which might interfere with the ability of the seat to provide a crush zone in the event of a crash.