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Airworthiness Directive 2022-27-08

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Official AD 2022-27-08 · FR doc 2022-28315 · 2022-12-28 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

What this AD requires

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 407 helicopters. This AD was prompted by an accident. This AD requires inspecting the tailboom attachment structure, as specified in a Transport Canada AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Which aircraft AD 2022-27-08 applies to

MakesBell Textron Canada Limited
Models407
Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 53000–53900, 53911–53999, 54000–54166, 54300–54800, 54805–54954, 54956–54997, 54999–54999, 56300–56304.

Whether AD 2022-27-08 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 2022-27-08 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.