Is AD 2026-13-12 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

No — AD 2026-13-12 is a one-time directive. Verify it was complied with in the aircraft's records.

Which aircraft does AD 2026-13-12 apply to?

AD 2026-13-12 applies to Bell Textron Canada Limited — models 430. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2026-13-12

one-time

Official AD 2026-13-12 · FR doc 2026-13685 · 2026-07-07 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

What this AD requires

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2025-09- 03, which applied to certain Bell Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 430 helicopters. AD 2025-09-03 reduced the life limits on the main rotor (M/R) clevises, universal bearings, and universal to pitch link bolts and required re-identifying the M/R pitch link assemblies with new part numbered assemblies. Since the FAA issued AD 2025-09-03, the FAA received comments proposing changes to the actions of AD 2025-09- 03. This AD requires changes to the actions in AD 2025-09-03 and addresses the comments received on that AD. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Which aircraft AD 2026-13-12 applies to

MakesBell Textron Canada Limited

Models430

Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 49001–49129.

Whether AD 2026-13-12 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 2026-13-12 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.