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Final ruleTook effect July 21, 2026

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register June 16, 2026. Document 2026-12051. Updated Nov. 9, 2026.

What it does

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2022-19- 13, which applied to all Airbus Helicopters Model AS355E, AS355F, AS355F1, AS355F2, AS355N, and AS355NP helicopters. AD 2022-19-13 required incorporating into existing maintenance records certain requirements (airworthiness limitations). Since the FAA issued AD 2022- 19-13, a determination was made 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.

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 482 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

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

Since then:

What happens next and when

This AD is effective July 21, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-12051
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesTransportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
PublishedJune 16, 2026
Effective dateJuly 21, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)2120-AA64
DocketFAA-2025-2542

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