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2026-16-10 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: The unsafe condition involves excessive vibration levels on the tail rotor drive shaft, which could lead to failure of the tail rotor drive shaft, sliding flange, or equipped splined sleeve.

Effective: Sep 18, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Technical illustration of a helicopter rotor hub assembly
Problem area Rotor system

2026-16-04

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: The determination that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary.

Effective: Sep 17, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-16-03 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: Cracks in the legs of the side supports of the tail rotor transmission fan.

Effective: Sep 17, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Technical illustration of a helicopter rotor hub assembly
Problem area Rotor system

2026-16-05

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: Magnetization on the solenoid valves for the three main servo-controls, the regulator block, and the tail servo-control due to a diode not properly installed in the hydraulic circuit.

Effective: Sep 17, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-16-01

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: An incorrectly installed engine flange on the main gear box (MGB) engine coupling.

Effective: Sep 10, 2026 Category: engine

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-14-02 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: Short-circuit due to foreign object debris (FOD) or dust inside the lighting and ancillaries control unit (LACU).

Effective: Aug 14, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-13-04

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: unsafe condition on these products.

Effective: Aug 10, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-13-08

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: unsafe condition on these products.

Effective: Aug 10, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-12-10

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: Non-conformity of a certain cargo hook.

Effective: Aug 3, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-13-01 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: Failure of the cabin lateral sliding plug door jettisoning mechanism could prevent rapid cabin depressurization, leading to potential loss of crew control.

Effective: Aug 3, 2026 Category: aircraft Compliance: time could be extended

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-12-12

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: Self-locking nuts of the window jettisoning system could be loosened by hand due to a non-conformity in certain cable kits.

Effective: Aug 3, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-10-16

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: unsafe condition on these products.

Effective: Jul 21, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-12-09

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: unsafe condition on these products.

Effective: Jul 21, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-12-08

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: unsafe condition on these products.

Effective: Jul 21, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-09-15 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: unsafe condition on these products.

Effective: Jul 21, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-12-03 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: unsafe condition on these products.

Effective: Jul 14, 2026 Category: aircraft Compliance: times

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-10-20

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: Excessive vibrations in-flight due to an incorrect installation of the angular ball bearing of the control ring assembly.

Effective: Jul 9, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Helicopters

2026-11-01 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: Deficiencies on parts installed on the jettisonable window system, including potential failure of locking fingers, missing retaining rings, and inadequate emergency handle latch covers.

Effective: Jul 9, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-11-02

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: A fully discharged personal locator beacon (PLB) battery installed on an emergency life-raft system (ELRS) and ropes connecting the ELRS to the PLB not correctly attached.

Effective: Jul 9, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Technical illustration of an aircraft electrical generator and wiring assembly
Problem area Electrical system

2026-09-08

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: A certain part-numbered standard MS18027 type hook may be subject to localized yielding in the mating threads when assembled to higher assembly torques.

Effective: Jun 17, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Helicopters

2026-08-01

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: The existing maintenance records do not incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, which could result in inadequate maintenance and inspection programs failing to address critic...

Effective: May 19, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-08-51

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: A crack on the rotor hub-shaft, which was detected after crew reported increased vibration of the helicopter.

Effective: May 14, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Helicopters

Technical illustration of a helicopter rotor hub assembly
Problem area Rotor system

2026-07-09

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: a leak on a gas cylinder within the emergency life raft system (ELRS) container assembly due to geometrical gaps between the burst disk and the valve body

Effective: May 11, 2026 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 flight hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-07-08 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: Structural crack in the vertical attachment spar of the tail fin, which could lead to in-flight separation of the upper part of the vertical fin and loss of control of the helicopter.

Effective: May 11, 2026 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 flight hours after the effective date.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-06-04

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH

Unsafe Condition: Certain bolts installed on the horizontal control rods of the flight controls were not dye penetrant inspected for cracks during manufacturing and thus are subject to bolt failure.

Effective: Apr 30, 2026 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within the compliance times specified in EASA AD 2022-0228, unless already done.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH

Technical illustration of an aircraft flight control surface and actuator
Problem area Flight controls