AD 2026-13-12
Effective 08/11/2026 · Published 07/07/2026
Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters
Summary
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2025-09- 03, which applied to certain Bell Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 430 helicopters. AD 2025-09-03 reduced the life limits on the main rotor (M/R) clevises, universal bearings, and universal to pitch link bolts and required re-identifying the M/R pitch link assemblies with new part numbered assemblies. Since the FAA issued AD 2025-09-03, the FAA received…