Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters
What happened
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505 helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of a quality escape in the production installation of a washer installed on the tail rotor pitch link assembly (pitch link assembly). This AD requires a one-time visual inspection for proper installation of the washer installed on the pitch link…
Quoted from FAA design approval and airworthiness documents in the Federal Register, 30 July 2026, under that publisher's own terms. US government work, public domain, 65 of 120 words quoted.
The facts
- What happened
- Airworthiness directive
- When
- 30 July 2026
- The company
- Bell Textron, OEM
- Market segment
- Other
- Subject
- MRO and aftermarket
- Where the entry came from
- Found in the public record
- First in the record
- 16 August 2026
Named in this entry
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Bell TextronOEM
Aircraft and platforms · Helicopters and rotorcraft
7 entries in the record, this one included
What else the record holds on Bell Textron
Bell 505 Makes Asia-Pacific Debut with Aichi Prefecture Police
· Product launch · Aviation International News
· News item · Bell newsroom
U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Program of Record Reaches Milestone
· News item · Bell newsroom
Bell Celebrates the First IFR-Configured Bell 407GXi Order in the United Kingdom
· News item · Bell newsroom
Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters
· Airworthiness directive · FAA design approval and airworthiness documents in the Federal Register
Bell Textron: Aircraft order, purchase, or fleet deal, $53.2M from the Department of the Interior
· Aircraft order · USAspending.gov award data
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- FAA design approval and airworthiness documents in the Federal Register, 30 July 2026
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