Leonardo AW169 — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
20 Leonardo AW169s 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 AW169
- one-timeAD 2025-20451 — Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters · 2025-11-20
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2024-09- 02, which applies to all Leonardo S.p.a. Model AW169 helicopters. AD 2024-09-02 required replacing certain aft float assemblies or, as an alternative, deactivating the emergency flotation system (EFS). AD 2024-09-02 als…
- one-timeAD 2024-11138 — Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters · 2024-05-21
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Leonardo S.p.a. Model AW169 helicopters. This AD was prompted by manufacturing defects in certain forward and aft float assemblies. This AD requires replacing certain aft float assemblies or, as an alternative, deacti…
- one-timeAD 2024-07342 — Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters · 2024-04-09
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Leonardo S.p.a Model AW169 helicopters. This AD was prompted by a determination that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. This AD requires revising the airworthiness limitations section (AL…
- one-timeAD 2022-27296 — Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters · 2022-12-15
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Leonardo S.p.a. Model AW169 helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of a protruding pushbutton screw (screw) on a cockpit door internal handle resulting in an interference with the collective stick travel. This …
- one-timeAD 2022-00757 — Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters · 2022-01-18
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Leonardo S.p.a. Model AW169 helicopters. This AD was prompted by a report of a broken adjustable device that is part of the pilot and co- pilot yaw pedal assemblies. This AD requires modification of certain pilot and …
- recurringAD 2021-22471 — Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters · 2021-10-18
The FAA is superseding emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2018-23-52, which applied to all Leonardo S.p.a. Model AW169 and AW189 helicopters. AD 2018-23-52 required inspecting the nut, cotter pin, lock-wire, and hinge bracket connected to the tail rotor servo-actuator (TRA) f…
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 15 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 AW169
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.