AD 2025-05-08

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

AD Number
2025-05-08
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2025-0337
FR Citation
90 FR 14715

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Airbus Helicopters Model AS332L1 and EC225LP Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters
aircraft Aviat Various Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition

The hoist operator's helmet cord can entangle with the toggle switch of the hoist cable cut control, which could lead to unintentional activation of the hoist cable cutter during a hoist operation, resulting in an in-flight release of the hoisted external load.

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Required Actions

Replace, or modify and re-identify, certain hoist shear toggle switch supports, and prohibit installing certain hoist shear toggle switch supports, as specified in EASA AD 2023-0172.

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Compliance Time

Before further flight

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Affected Aircraft

Airbus Helicopters Model AS332L1 and EC225LP helicopters, serial numbers 2218, 2221, 2341, 2950, and 2956; and Model EC225LP helicopters, serial numbers 2666, 2673, and 2759.

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Retrieved: Apr 4, 2026

Rights: U.S. Government Public Domain

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