Airbus Choppers Face New Safety Inspection Overhauls
Published Date: 3/19/2025
Proposed Rule
Summary
If you fly or maintain Airbus Helicopters Model AS332L1, heads up! The FAA wants you to update your helicopter’s maintenance rules to keep things safer. These changes come from new safety checks and need to happen soon to avoid any risks—and they might affect your maintenance schedule and costs.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Mandatory ALS and Program Updates
If you fly or maintain an Airbus Helicopters Model AS332L1, the FAA proposes you must revise the airworthiness limitations section (ALS) of the maintenance manual or instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA) and update the approved maintenance or inspection program as specified in the referenced European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD. The FAA says this change is to address an unsafe condition on these helicopters.
Maintenance Schedule and Cost Changes
If you operate or maintain an AS332L1 helicopter, the proposed new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations could change your maintenance schedule and increase maintenance costs because your approved maintenance or inspection program must be revised to match the EASA-specified requirements.
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