Airbus EC120B — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist

1 Airbus EC120B is on the U.S. registry. Here’s what a records review covers for one — the Airworthiness Directives that apply, the known trouble spots, and the checklist a buyer or owner should hold every logbook against.

Registered
1
Applicable ADs
9
Recurring
3
Serial-conditional
23

Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Airbus EC120B

  • recurring
    AD 2026-13977 — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters · 2026-07-10

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model AS350B2, AS350B3, EC120B, and EC130B4 helicopters. This AD was prompted by a short-circuit due to foreign object debris (FOD) or dust inside the lighting and ancillaries control unit (LACU). T…

  • one-time
    AD 2026-04165 — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters · 2026-03-03

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model EC120B helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of cyclic flight control restrictions due to the incorrect positioning of the bonding braid on the socket of the pilot cyclic stick, which …

  • recurring
    AD 2025-20946 — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters · 2025-11-25

    The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2021-26- 07, which applies to all Airbus Helicopters Model EC120B helicopters. AD 2021-26-07 requires performing repetitive inspections of the tail rotor (TR) hub body and, depending on the inspection results, replacing certain …

  • one-time
    AD 2025-16083 — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters · 2025-08-22

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model EC120B, EC 130 B4, and EC 130 T2 helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of a missing retaining ring between the supply hose and the central supply coupling of an emergency flotation sys…

  • one-time
    AD 2023-16555 — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters · 2023-08-04

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model EC120B, EC130B4, and EC130T2 helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of corrosion detected on certain part- numbered landing gear assemblies. This AD requires, for helicopters with certa…

  • one-time
    AD 2022-02748 — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters · 2022-02-10

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model EC120B helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of geometrical non-conformities in the tail rotor blade (TRB) root section discovered during an accident investigation of a Model EC130B he…

  • one-time
    AD 2022-02749 — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters · 2022-02-10

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Airbus Helicopters Model EC120B helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of corrosion found on the external tail boom skin, under the Very High Frequency (VHF) antenna. This AD requires inspecting the tail boom at th…

  • one-time
    AD 2020-12342 — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters · 2020-06-08

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model EC120B helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report that a changed manufacturing process for the tail rotor blades (TRB) was implemented, affecting the structural characteristics of the blade…

  • recurring
    AD 2020-11082 — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters · 2020-05-22

    The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model EC120B helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of recurrent loss of tightening torque on several attachment bolts of the tail rotor hub body. This AD requires repetitive inspections of t…

This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 23 serial/mod-conditional ADs that actually apply to your aircraft come from its digitized logbooks — that’s the verified report.

The records checklist for a Airbus EC120B

Airworthiness Directives
Every applicable AD matched to compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates.
Annual / 100-hr inspections
A continuous, signed inspection history (14 CFR 91.409) with no gaps.
Service bulletins & letters
Mandatory and recommended SBs/SLs, complied or noted.
Life-limited parts
Airworthiness-limitations items tracked against their limits.
Form 337s / major alterations
Field approvals and STCs on file and reconciled.
Equipment inspections
ELT (91.207), transponder (91.413), altimeter/pitot-static (91.411).
Damage & accident history
NTSB and repair-major records for this exact tail.
Logbook continuity
Unbroken records — the gaps are where value and airworthiness hide.
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Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and the aircraft’s type certificate; it is advisory and not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.