FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet

TCDS H4SW

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Historical Aircraft Rotorcraft Rev 31 12/21/2016 drs.faa.gov ↗

Models covered (4)

Applicable airworthiness directives (47)

ADs joined from the FAA Federal Register by (Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. × model). Click any AD to see the full Federal Register record. Mandatory; flying out of compliance grounds the airplane.

2025-07756 Airworthiness Directives; Thommen Aircraft Equipment AG Digital Air Data Computers 2025-05-06
2025-06066 Airworthiness Directives; Thommen Aircraft Equipment AG Digital Air Data Computers 2025-04-10
2024-25390 Airworthiness Directives; Various Helicopters 2024-10-31
2024-22929 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. Helicopters 2024-10-04
2024-22251 Airworthiness Directives; THOMMEN AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT AG Digital Air Data Computers 2024-09-30
2024-22095 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. and Various Restricted Category Helicopters 2024-09-26
2024-18580 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.), Helicopters 2024-08-20
2024-09573 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc., Helicopters 2024-05-08
2024-09572 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc., Helicopters 2024-05-08
2024-08893 Airworthiness Directives; Various Helicopters 2024-04-25
2022-20914 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc., Helicopters and Various Restricted Category Helicopters 2022-11-21
2022-24342 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc., Erickson 214 Holdings, LLC, Leonardo S.p.a., and Various Restricted Category Helicopters 2022-11-07
2022-11605 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. Helicopters 2022-06-01
2022-08797 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited) Helicopters 2022-04-26
2022-07887 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc., Helicopters and Various Restricted Category Helicopters 2022-04-14
2022-06973 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. Helicopters 2022-04-04
2022-06756 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc., Helicopters 2022-03-31
2022-05487 Airworthiness Directives; Goodrich Externally-Mounted Hoist Assemblies 2022-03-16
2022-05379 Airworthiness Directives; Various Restricted Category Helicopters 2022-03-14
2022-05378 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters 2022-03-14
2022-03770 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited) Helicopters 2022-02-23
2022-02131 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters 2022-02-09
2022-00886 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. Helicopters 2022-01-21
2022-00351 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters 2022-01-12
2021-27012 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters 2021-12-14
2021-25489 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters 2021-11-22
2021-25205 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters 2021-11-19
2021-21076 Airworthiness Directives; Goodrich Externally-Mounted Hoist Assemblies 2021-09-30
2021-20521 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters 2021-09-24
2021-17024 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters 2021-08-09
2021-16222 Airworthiness Directives; Various Restricted Category Helicopters 2021-07-29
2021-04503 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters 2021-03-09
2020-27105 Airworthiness Directives; Goodrich Externally-Mounted Hoist Assemblies 2020-12-11
2020-26856 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters 2020-12-08
2020-20275 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters 2020-09-16
2020-16490 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters 2020-07-30
2020-12592 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters 2020-06-11
2020-12338 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters 2020-06-09
2020-07086 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron, Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.) Helicopters 2020-04-06
2020-05749 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Helicopters 2020-03-25
2019-10310 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (Bell) Helicopters 2019-05-20
2019-08157 Airworthiness Directives; Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH LCR-100 Attitude and Heading Reference System Units 2019-04-24
2019-07176 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. Helicopters 2019-04-11
2018-27134 Airworthiness Directives; Air Comm Corporation Air Conditioning Systems 2018-12-17
2018-18735 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Helicopters 2018-08-30
2018-17905 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (Bell) Helicopters 2018-08-21
2018-01195 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. 2018-01-26

Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (4)

Advisory bulletins on these airframes. Not mandatory like ADs — but operators tracking AD compliance often miss the SAIB on the same component.

Special Conditions + ELOS findings

Certification-time deviations: SCs add requirements where the design is novel; ELOS allows alternative compliance. Most modern types have both.

ELOS ST0025RC-RD/S-2 Engine & Glass Cockpit Upgrade
ELOS ST0025RC-RD/P-1 Engine & Glass Cockpit Upgrade
ELOS ST0025RC-RD/P-2 Engine & Glass Cockpit Upgrade
ELOS ST0025RC-RD/F-2 Engine & Glass Cockpit Upgrade
ELOS ST09373NY-R-S-1 Equivalent Level of Safety (ELOS) Finding for Markings for the G500H TXi Integrated Flight Display System Airspeed Indicator on a Model Bell 212 Helicopter

Certification basis — 14 CFR

Specific sections

Sec. 29.2
Sec. 21.50
Sec. 21.93
Sec. 29.13
Sec. 29.53
Sec. 29.55
Sec. 29.61
Sec. 36.11
Sec. 29.151
Sec. 29.161
Sec. 29.181
Sec. 29.307
Sec. 29.473
Sec. 29.501
Sec. 29.663
Sec. 29.672
Sec. 29.771
Sec. 29.801
Sec. 29.903
Sec. 29.939
Sec. 29.1303
Sec. 29.1309
Sec. 29.1321
Sec. 29.1322
Sec. 29.1323
Sec. 29.1325
Sec. 29.1331
Sec. 29.1333
Sec. 29.1335
Sec. 29.1351
Sec. 29.1353
Sec. 29.1355
Sec. 29.1357
Sec. 29.1387
Sec. 29.1397
Sec. 29.1401
Sec. 29.1411
Sec. 29.1413
Sec. 29.1415
Sec. 29.1457
Sec. 29.1459
Sec. 29.1545
Sec. 29.1549
Sec. 29.1555
Sec. 29.1581
Sec. 36.1
Sec. 29.15
Sec. 29.21
Sec. 29.25
Sec. 29.27
Sec. 29.29
Sec. 29.33
Sec. 29.45
Sec. 29.49
Sec. 29.51
Sec. 29.59
Sec. 29.62
Sec. 29.63
Sec. 29.67
Sec. 29.77
Sec. 29.81
Sec. 29.85
Sec. 29.141
Sec. 29.143
Sec. 29.251
Sec. 29.301
Sec. 29.303
Sec. 29.305
Sec. 29.337
Sec. 29.571
Sec. 29.613
Sec. 29.773
Sec. 29.783
Sec. 29.853
Sec. 29.865
Sec. 29.901
Sec. 29.955
Sec. 29.1011
Sec. 29.1041
Sec. 29.1091
Sec. 29.1143
Sec. 29.1145
Sec. 29.1165
Sec. 29.1305
Sec. 29.1317
Sec. 29.1329
Sec. 29.1521
Sec. 29.1529
Sec. 29.1541
Sec. 29.1542
Sec. 29.1543
Sec. 29.1544
Sec. 29.1546
Sec. 29.1547
Sec. 29.1548
Sec. 29.1550
Sec. 29.1551
Sec. 29.1552
Sec. 29.1553
Sec. 29.1554
Sec. 29.1556
Sec. 29.1557
Sec. 29.1558
Sec. 29.1559
Sec. 29.1587
Sec. 25.801
Sec. 29.397
Sec. 29.607
Sec. 29.923
Sec. 29.927
Sec. 29.1560
Sec. 29.1561
Sec. 29.1562
Sec. 29.1563
Sec. 29.1564
Sec. 29.1565

Former holders

Bell Helicopter Textron
Bell Helicopter Textron\Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.

Fleet view · 142 registered tails

Engineering specs aggregated from the FAA Aircraft Registry — what every actually-flying tail under this TCDS reports. Median + 10th–90th-percentile range across the active fleet.

Seats

n=142

Horsepower

900

500–928

Cruise (kts)

103

103–103

Year of mfr

1993

1971–2025

Engines on the type, by tail count

P&W CANADA PT6T-9 24
P&W CANADA PT6T-3 SERIES 17
P&W PT6 SERIES 13
P&W CANADA PT6T-3D 12
P&W CANADA PT6T-3DF 9
P&W CANADA PT6T-3B 9
P&W CANADA PT6T-3 7
P & W PT6T-3D 5

NTSB events

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

145

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.11 events / tail · 1.02 ADs / tail

The TCDS PDF on drs.faa.gov is the authoritative document for design-as-certified weight limits, performance, equipment, AD compliance times, and operating limitations. Open on drs.faa.gov ↗ DRS frequently breaks — when it does, the fleet view above and the cross-links below are usually what you actually need.