AD 2025-05-12
Effective 05/08/2025 · Published 04/03/2025
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters (Type Certificate Previously Held by Eurocopter France)
Summary
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2008-10-01 and AD 2010-05-51, which applied to certain Eurocopter France (now Airbus Helicopters) Model EC120B helicopters. AD 2008-10-01 required replacing certain part-numbered and serial-numbered spherical thrust bearings. AD 2010-05-51 required repetitively inspecting the main rotor (M/R) head rotor hub (rotor hub) and, depending on the results, taking correcti…