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2011-01-52: Rotorcraft Tailboom

Emergency order 2011-01-52 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Rotorcraft Tailboom. It names Hughes 269 300 series helicopters, Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters: about 419 aircraft on the U.S. register today across them, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: other and general.

What it applies to as the FAA lists it

Kind of product
Aircraft
Makes
Schweizer Aircraft Corporation
Models
269A, 269A-1, 269B, 269C, 269C-1
On this site
Hughes 269 300 series helicopters 207 registered
Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters 212 registered

Dates and paperwork

Docket
Unknown
Replaced by
2011-12-16
Status
Historical
The FAA's document
Read the order on the FAA's site

Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders

2009-07-28SW-09-44 · Cabin door
2005-12-15NE-06-03R1 ·
2005-10-18NE-06-03 ·
2004-10-21NE-05-05 ·
2003-11-07SW-04-13 ·

Source: FAA Dynamic Regulatory System, airworthiness directives. The FAA's document is the authority; the register counts are this site's, from the FAA register of October 7, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/2011-01-52.json · aircraft systems.