Leonardo A109S — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
2 Leonardo A109Ss are 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.
Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Leonardo A109S
- recurringAD 2025-17387 — Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.A. Helicopters · 2025-09-10
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Leonardo S.p.A. Model A109E, A109S, AW109SP, A119, and AW119 MKII helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report that certain manufacturer maintenance instructions for swashplate assembly installation specified incorre…
- recurringAD 2025-06711 — Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters · 2025-04-18
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Leonardo S.p.a. Model A109C, A109E, A109S, and AW109SP helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of a quality escape on a batch of main rotor blades (MRBs). This AD requires repetitively tap inspecting certain MRB…
- one-timeAD 2025-02249 — Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters · 2025-02-04
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Leonardo S.p.a. Model A109E, A109K2, A109S, AB412, AB412 EP, AB139, and AW139 helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report that certain rescue hoist cable assemblies may be equipped with a defective ball end. This AD…
- one-timeAD 2024-20969 — Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters · 2024-09-16
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Leonardo S.p.a. Model A109C, A109E, A109K2, A109S, and AW109SP helicopters. This AD was prompted by reports of loose tail rotor duplex bearing locking nuts, possibly caused by improper installation. This AD requires d…
- recurringAD 2023-28773 — Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters · 2023-12-29
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Leonardo S.p.a. Model A109E, A109S, AW109SP, A119, and AW119 MKII helicopters. This AD was prompted by multiple reports of excessive axial play on the ball bearing of the lower half of the main rotor (MR) rotating sci…
- recurringAD 2022-06620 — Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters · 2022-03-31
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2021-17- 18, which applied to all Leonardo S.p.a. Model A109C, A109K2, A109E, A109S, and AW109SP helicopters. AD 2021-17-18 required an inspection of certain tail rotor (TR) sleeve assemblies for discrepancies, an inspection of …
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 21 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 Leonardo A109S
Enter a tail number and Tailplate reads its logbooks against this list — every AD matched to compliance evidence, next-due dates computed, damage history pulled, and a records-adjusted value.
Look up a tail number →or see the free AD listApplicability 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.