AD 2025-10032
Published 2025-06-03 · 2 models · 8 US-registered tails affected · Federal Register
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Abstract
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Helicopters Model EC225LP helicopters. This AD was prompted by the identification of missing electrical bonding on a certain part-numbered additional and optional search light (search light). This AD requires installing an electrical bonding braid modification. These actions are specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Applicability · by US fleet size
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 23427-23429] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-10032]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. FAA-2024-2663; Project Identifier MCAI-2023-00200-R; Amendment 39-23036; AD 2025-10-02] RIN 2120-AA64
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Helicopters Model EC225LP helicopters. This AD was prompted by the identification of missing electrical bonding on a certain part-numbered additional and optional search light (search light). This AD requires installing an electrical bonding braid modification. These actions are specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
DATES: This AD is effective July 8, 2025. The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of a certain publication listed in this AD as of July 8, 2025.