# Proposed AD FAA-2022-0015: Airbus Helicopters

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2022-24-12
- Products: Airbus Helicopters
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM).
- Published: July 29, 2022, 87 FR 45715
- Comments due: September 12, 2022
- Became: [AD 2022-24-12](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2022-24-12)
- Docket: FAA-2022-0015 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2022-0015, where comments are filed)
- Project: AD-2021-00832-R
- FR document: 2022-16163
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/a7/c3/a7c30dc760880397e02f1e067023d1415a7d023600edd2327d0204a70ffbc8bb (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-07-29/pdf/2022-16163.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/29/2022-16163/airworthiness-directives-airbus-helicopters
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/FR-ADNPRM-2022-16163-00000000000.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2022-0015

## Summary

The FAA is revising a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would have applied to certain Airbus Helicopters Model EC225LP helicopters. This action revises the NPRM by removing the requirement to remove main rotor (M/R) rotating swashplates (swashplates) from service that have accumulated less than 7 years since the date of manufacture; increasing the life limit for certain swashplates; requiring additional visual inspections, and adding repetitive inspections for certain swashplates that have accumulated 7 or more years, but less than 13 years, since the date of manufacture; and updating the service information. The FAA is proposing this airworthiness directive (AD) to address the unsafe condition on these products. Since these actions would impose an additional burden over those in the NPRM, the agency is requesting comments on this SNPRM.

## Notices in this docket

- Jan 26, 2022: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2022-01440, comments due Mar 14, 2022 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/01/26/2022-01440/airworthiness-directives-airbus-helicopters)
- Jul 29, 2022: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM)., FR document 2022-16163, comments due Sep 12, 2022 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/29/2022-16163/airworthiness-directives-airbus-helicopters)

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