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AD 2025-22-03 90 FR 49248 Active

Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39

Requires installing the modification to the aft movable ballast box door assembly.

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FR document
2025-19785
Amendment
39-23181
Published
2025-11-05
Effective
2025-11-20
Models covered
1

Last live check: 2026-08-19

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AD

2025-22-03

FR doc 2025-19785 · 90 FR 49248

AD 2025-22-03Published 2025-11-05Effective 2025-11-20

Supersedes 2025-06-51

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FAA rule - 14 CFR 39

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Requires installing the modification to the aft movable ballast box door assembly.

Full official abstract

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2025-06- 51, which applied to certain Bell Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 505 helicopters. AD 2025-06-51 required removing all ballast weights from the aft movable ballast box assembly and prohibited the use of ballast weights within the aft movable ballast box assembly. Since the FAA issued AD 2025-06-51, Bell has developed a modification to the ballast box door assembly and the FAA has determined that the new actions would terminate the requirements of AD 2025-06-51. This AD requires installing the modification to the aft movable ballast box door assembly. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

More directives for Bell 505 Jet Ranger X

  1. AD 2026-18-10 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters Effective 2026-10-22
  2. AD 2026-16-02 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters Effective 2026-09-10
  3. AD 2026-15-06 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters Effective 2026-09-03
  4. AD 2026-05-51 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters Effective 2026-04-16
  5. AD 2025-18-10 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters Effective 2025-09-25

All Bell 505 Jet Ranger X directives

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Applies to 1 model in our index