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Requirement 1 remains unchanged from the original issue of this AD.
             This Amendment becomes effective on 23 November 2006.
Background:  The Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile of France has received reports of electro-valve power supply disruptions which have caused the landing gear to retract and the helicopter to drop resulting in damage to the forward section of the bottom structure.
             This Directive requires the modification of the helicopter and landing gear control unit wiring to prevent landing gear retraction whilst the helicopter is on the ground.

             This amendment extends the applicability of the AD to a new control unit and corrects the definition of the functional tests to be carried out.

James Coyne
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

29 September 2006