View Full Version : Australian CASA to ground R44s without Bladders
Peter3127
5th Apr 2013, 01:22
CASA: Robinson R44 helicopters that have not been fitted with upgraded fuel tanks face being grounded from 30 April 2013.
Civil Aviation Safety Authority - R44 helicopter fuel tanks must be upgraded (http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:STANDARD::pc=PC_101390)
Flying Binghi
5th Apr 2013, 01:39
Via the link...
...Any operators not covered by the Robinson maintenance program will be directed by CASA to fit the tanks if the upgrade has not already been completed.
In a service bulletin issued in September 2012 Robinson set 30 April 2013 as the deadline for the fitting of the flexible fuel tanks.
All R44 helicopter operators have been given ample notice of this requirement, with the first fuel tank service bulletin issued by Robinson in December 2010.
CASA issued an airworthiness bulletin in June 2012 strongly recommending the fuel tanks be fitted at the earliest opportunity.
CASA then wrote to R44 operators in February 2013 to emphasise the deadline set by Robinson.
On 28 March 2013 CASA again wrote to all R44 operators to highlight the importance of replacing the fuel tanks and to direct them to give information to CASA about the status of their maintenance program...