Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register April 14, 2026. Document 2026-07171. Updated Nov. 12, 2026.

What it does

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2025-05- 09, which applied to all Airbus Helicopters Model SA330J helicopters. AD 2025-05-09 required revising the existing maintenance records by incorporating new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. Since the FAA issued AD 2025-05-09, the FAA has 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 (ICA) and the existing approved maintenance or inspection program, as applicable. 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 485 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

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

April 14, 2026 Final rule. Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes
April 14, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Airworthiness Directives; Columbia Helicopters, Inc. and Restricted Category Model CH-47D Helicopters
April 14, 2026 Final rule; request for comments. Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
April 14, 2026 Final rule; removal. Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters
April 14, 2026 Final rule; request for comments. Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters
April 13, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters
April 13, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
April 10, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

Since then:

What happens next and when

This AD is effective May 19, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

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The record as published

Document number	2026-07171
Action	Final rule.
Agencies	Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
Published	April 14, 2026
Effective date	May 19, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)	2120-AA64
Docket	FAA-2025-5038

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