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Final ruleTook effect Feb. 17, 2026

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Helicopters

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Feb. 2, 2026. Document 2026-01956. Updated Nov. 15, 2026.

What it does

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2014-13- 09, which applied to certain Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) helicopters Model EC135P1, EC135P2, EC135P2+, EC135T1, EC135T2, and EC135T2+ helicopters. AD 2014-13-09 required repetitive visual inspections of the ring frame X9227 for a crack, and if there is a crack, replacing the ring frame. Since the FAA issued AD 2014-13-09, AHD Helicopters determined that this unsafe condition also applies to AHD Model EC135P3 and EC135T3 helicopters. This AD continues to require some of the actions required by AD 2014-13-09 and expands the applicability by including AHD Model EC135P3 and EC135T3 helicopters and also reduces the compliance time for the repetitive inspections. This AD also allows the modification of the ring frame X9227 as terminating action for the repetitive visual inspections. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

The Federal Aviation Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

14 CFR 39

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Federal Aviation Administration has published 489 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 518 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

622 earlier Federal Register documents under regulation identifier 2120-AA64 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

What happens next and when

This AD is effective February 17, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-01956
ActionFinal rule; request for comments.
AgenciesTransportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
PublishedFeb. 2, 2026
Effective dateFeb. 17, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)2120-AA64
DocketFAA-2026-0733

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register