AD 2026-12052

Abstract

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2022-11- 08, which applied to all Airbus Helicopters Model AS350B, AS350BA, AS350B1, AS350B2, AS350B3, AS350D, EC130B4, and EC130T2 helicopters. AD 2022-11-08 required incorporating into maintenance records certain requirements (airworthiness limitations). Since the FAA issued AD 2022- 11-08, it was determined that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. This AD requires revising the airworthiness limitations section (ALS) of the existing maintenance manual (MM) or instructions for continued airworthiness (ICAs) and the existing approved maintenance or inspection program, as applicable. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Applicability · by US fleet size

• AIRBUS HELICOPTERS AS350B3 346 tails

Compliance instructions

Required actions, compliance times, parts/serial numbers and methods of compliance are in the Federal Register publication — not paraphrased here. Read AD on Federal Register ↗