WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- 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 Oct. 14 by Steven W. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
Summary: The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2024-05-06, which applies to all Leonardo S.p.a Model AW169 helicopters. AD 2024-05-06 requires revising the airworthiness limitations section (ALS) of the existing helicopter maintenance manual (MM) or instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA) and the existing approved maintenance or inspection program for the helicopter. Since the FAA issued A...