# Proposed AD FAA-2026-11806: Airbus Helicopters

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Comments due Nov 27
- Products: Airbus Helicopters H160-B
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: October 13, 2026, 91 FR 64809
- Comments due: November 27, 2026
- Docket: FAA-2026-11806 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2026-11806, where comments are filed)
- Project: MCAI-2026-00589-R
- FR document: 2026-20885
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/2e/c2/2ec2e3bbd851acd81c904fb5f014ecbde4b1ab8c2e47b7b57f8f748c082c4631 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-10-13/pdf/2026-20885.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/13/2026-20885/airworthiness-directives-airbus-helicopters
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/FR-ADNPRM-2026-20885-00000000000.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2026-11806

## Summary

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model H160-B helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of the inability to operate the jettisoning function of a window due to a blocked jettisoning mechanism. This proposed AD would require removing the jettisonable windows, cleaning the ropes of the jettisonable windows, and performing an operational test of the windows jettison systems. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

## Notices in this docket

- Oct 13, 2026: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2026-20885, comments due Nov 27, 2026 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/13/2026-20885/airworthiness-directives-airbus-helicopters)

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