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Proposed rule

Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register April 7, 2026. Document 2026-06690. Updated Nov. 13, 2026.

What it does

The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2025-09-03, which applies to certain Bell Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 430 helicopters. AD 2025-09-03 reduced the life limits on the main rotor (M/R) clevises, universal bearings, universal to pitch link bolts, the tube assembly, and the rod end assembly and requires replacing the M/R pitch link assemblies with re-identified part numbered assemblies. Since the FAA issued AD 2025-09-03, the FAA received comments proposing changes to the actions of AD 2025-09-03. This proposed AD proposes changes to actions in AD 2025-09-03 and addresses the comments received. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

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

What it would change

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

14 CFR 39

Before this

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

Since then:

What happens next and when

The FAA must receive comments on this NPRM by May 22, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

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The record as published

Document number2026-06690
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
AgenciesTransportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
PublishedApril 7, 2026
Comments closeMay 22, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)2120-AA64
DocketFAA-2026-3476

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