Here is a question.
Can someone explain the process / thinking around the AD? In so much that the commentary for the reason of the AD says:-
Reason: An accident occurred on an AW169 helicopter, the root cause of which has not been identified and the technical investigation is still ongoing. While the helicopter was on a take-off phase at low forward speed, a loss of yaw control has been observed.
As a precautionary measure, Leonardo issued ASB 169-120 for AW169 helicopters to provide inspection instructions to check correct installation of the tail rotor (TR) servo-actuator
What I don't understand is the aircraft crashes almost 2 weeks ago. If the AD is truly a precautionary element what prompts the thinking of this 2 weeks later? Surely either its a precaution thinking out loud type AD, in which case why not flag earlier? Or they are concerned about something they have seen more recently, in which case why not just say?? It just seems bizarre.