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Airworthiness Directive 2020-19-09

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Official AD 2020-19-09 · FR doc 2020-20764 · 2020-09-22 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.A. Helicopters

What this AD requires

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Leonardo S.p.A. Model AW169 helicopters and certain Leonardo S.p.A Model AW189 helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of a broken extrusion rubber window seal. This AD requires installation of a reinforcement around the rubber filler wedge where the extrusion rubber window seal meets the door's emergency exit handle. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Which aircraft AD 2020-19-09 applies to

MakesLeonardo S.P.A.
ModelsAW169, AW189
Part-conditional — 8G9500L00151, 8G9500L00251.

Applies to all serial numbers of Model AW169 and AW189 helicopters equipped with internal emergency exit handle P/N 8G9500L00151 and external emergency exit handle P/N 8G9500L00251. Does not apply to AW189 helicopters with emergency exit windows equipped with strap P/N A487A003A, or with bubble windows P/N 8G5620F00112.

Whether AD 2020-19-09 actually applies to your aircraft (by serial and installed parts) and whether it’s already complied with comes from that aircraft’s records.

How AD compliance is recorded

A valid compliance record (14 CFR 43.9) states:

Method of compliance — The specific action taken (inspected, replaced, modified) and to what revision.
Date — When the work was done.
Aircraft time — Total time in service / tach at compliance — how recurring next-due is computed.
Signature & certificate — The A&P/IA who returned it to service, with certificate number.
Is AD 2020-19-09 complied with on your aircraft?

Tailplate reads a tail number’s logbooks and matches every applicable AD — including this one — to its compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates computed.

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Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and is advisory, not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.