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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

2026-07-12

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: A gap between the bolted assemblies under the attachment fittings of the main gearbox (MGB) suspension bars.

Effective: Apr 29, 2026 Category: aircraft

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-05-13 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: The tail rotor drive rear shaft of the tail drive line came into contact with its rear damper during a flight test. This contact is expected only when the helicopter is on the ground, during transi...

Effective: Apr 20, 2026 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 flight hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

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

2026-05-11 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: Divergent aeromechanic coupling between the helicopter structure and rotor, possibly resulting in mechanical failure of structural parts and loss of control of the helicopter.

Effective: Apr 17, 2026 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

2026-05-06

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: Fatigue cracks found on arms of the tail rotor pitch change spider due to a load increase originating from degraded bearing stacks.

Effective: Apr 17, 2026 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within the compliance times specified in EASA AD 2024-0250.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters

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

2026-05-04

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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Helicopters

Unsafe Condition: Main rotor head (MRH) having the same part number (P/N) and serial number (S/N) as another MRH due to incorrect modification instructions where the modified part S/N was not re-identified, which co...

Effective: Apr 17, 2026 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

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

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