WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Federal Aviation Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 26 by Steven W. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service.

Summary: The FAA is correcting a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that was published in the Federal Register. That NPRM proposed to issue an airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to all Leonardo S.p.a. Model AB139, AW139, and AW189 helicopters. As published, the references to the incorporated material in paragraphs (h)(1) through (4), and paragraph (i) of the NPRM reference an incorrect mandatory continui...