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    1) This directive prohibits the use of Map-Mode on left and right hand side display units for certain Bell 429 helicopters equipped with Rogerson Kratos display units and Garmin GPS/NAV systems, due to the units experiencing loss of display from excessive null waypoints. 2) Operators must amend their Rotorcraft Flight Manual supplement to prohibit Map-Mode on other displays and introduce an emergency procedure for center display failure. 3) The directive revises an earlier one and mandates incorporating the new supplement revision issued by Bell, to address the unsafe condition of potential momentary loss of critical flight information displays.

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    1) This directive prohibits the use of Map-Mode on left and right hand side display units for certain Bell 429 helicopters equipped with Rogerson Kratos display units and Garmin GPS/NAV systems, due to the units experiencing loss of display from excessive null waypoints. 2) Operators must amend their Rotorcraft Flight Manual supplement to prohibit Map-Mode on other displays and introduce an emergency procedure for center display failure. 3) The directive revises an earlier one and mandates incorporating the new supplement revision issued by Bell, to address the unsafe condition of potential momentary loss of critical flight information displays.

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    1) This directive prohibits the use of Map-Mode on left and right hand side display units for certain Bell 429 helicopters equipped with Rogerson Kratos display units and Garmin GPS/NAV systems, due to the units experiencing loss of display from excessive null waypoints. 2) Operators must amend their Rotorcraft Flight Manual supplement to prohibit Map-Mode on other displays and introduce an emergency procedure for center display failure. 3) The directive revises an earlier one and mandates incorporating the new supplement revision issued by Bell, to address the unsafe condition of potential momentary loss of critical flight information displays.

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    1) This directive prohibits the use of Map-Mode on left and right hand side display units for certain Bell 429 helicopters equipped with Rogerson Kratos display units and Garmin GPS/NAV systems, due to the units experiencing loss of display from excessive null waypoints. 2) Operators must amend their Rotorcraft Flight Manual supplement to prohibit Map-Mode on other displays and introduce an emergency procedure for center display failure. 3) The directive revises an earlier one and mandates incorporating the new supplement revision issued by Bell, to address the unsafe condition of potential momentary loss of critical flight information displays.

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    TP 7245E

    1 of 2
    AD Number: CF-2020-18R1

    AI RWO RT HI NE S S DI RE CT I V E
    This Airworthiness Directive (AD) is issued pursuant to Canadian Aviation Regulation (CAR) 521.427.
    No person shall conduct a take-off or permit a take-off to be conducted in an aircraft that is in their legal
    custody and control, unless the requirements of CAR 605.84 pertaining to ADs are met. Standard 625 -
    Aircraft Equipment and Maintenance Standards Appendix H provides information concerning alternative
    means of compliance (AMOC) with ADs.

    Number: Effective Date:


    CF-2020-18R1 11 December 2020
    ATA: Type Certificate:
    31 H-107
    Subject:
    Indicating/Recording System – Rotorcraft Flight Manual – Prohibit the use of Map-Mode on Left Hand
    Side and Right Hand Side Display Units
    Revision:
    Supersedes AD CF-2020-18, issued 21 May 2020.
    Applicability:
    Bell Textron Canada Limited (Bell) model 429 helicopters, serial numbers 57001 through 57369, 57371,
    and 57373.
    Compliance:
    Within 30 days from the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.
    Background:
    Transport Canada (TC) has received in-service reports of the loss of display and subsequent recovery of
    the Display Unit (DU) manufactured by Rogerson Kratos (RK). During an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
    approach, a Bell 429 lost its center DU display, which then rebooted, and subsequently lost its Right
    Hand Side (RHS) DU display, which then also rebooted. Investigation revealed that the DUs’ power cycle
    occurred while in Map-Mode which was caused by the RK DUs’ limited processing capability for
    excessive null waypoints generated by the Garmin GTN 750/650 GPS/NAV/COMM/MFD.
    This condition, if not corrected, could result in the unexpected loss of display of important flight
    parameters to the pilots: attitude, approach, airspeed, altitude, flight director information, navigation
    system cues, as well as engine and rotor drive system indications. The DU power cycle occurring during
    flight and consequent momentary loss of display information on the pilot Primary Flight Display (PFD) and
    other DUs is considered an unsafe condition.
    Bell has issued a Temporary Revision (TR) to the Rotorcraft Flight Manual (RFM) Supplement limiting the
    use of Map-Mode to the center DU only for Bell 429 models equipped with RK DUs and Garmin GTN
    750/650 main software version 6.21 or later. The use of Map-Mode is prohibited on both the RHS DU and
    Left Hand Side (LHS) DU, if installed. The RFM Supplement TR also introduces a new emergency and
    malfunction procedure in the event of center DU failure.
    AD CF-2020-18 mandated the incorporation of the TR to the RFM Supplement. Since then, Bell has
    cancelled the TR and issued a revision to the RFM Supplement to incorporate the intent of the TR.
    This AD revision, CF-2020-18R1, mandates the incorporation of the RFM Supplement revision to address
    the above-mentioned unsafe condition.
    Corrective Actions:
    A. Amend the applicable TC approved RFM Supplement by incorporating the changes introduced in
    Revision 3 listed in Table 1 below, to prohibit the use of Map-Mode on the RHS and LHS DUs, if
    CF-2020-18R1 2 of 2
    installed, and to introduce a new Emergency/Malfunction procedure in the event of a failure of the
    center DU.
    Table 1

    RFM Procedure RFM Supplement Revision Issue Date

    Section 1-3-A Limitations RFM Supplement BHT-429-FMS-19


    Revision 3, or later revisions 22 September 2020
    Section 3-14-B Emergency approved by TC
    and Malfunction Procedures -
    Center DU Failure

    B. Advise all flight crews of the changes introduced by the RFM Supplement revision listed above.
    Authorization:
    For the Minister of Transport,

    ORIGINAL SIGNED BY

    Rémy Knoerr
    Chief, Continuing Airworthiness
    Issued on 27 November 2020
    Contact:
    Audrey Vézina-Manzo, Continuing Airworthiness, Ottawa, telephone 888-663-3639, facsimile
    613-996-9178 or e-mail AD-CN@tc.gc.ca or any Transport Canada Centre.

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