2022-10-51: Flight Control System
Emergency order 2022-10-51 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Flight Control System. It names Aerospatiale AS-355, Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125, Airbus Helicopters AS355 TwinStar, Airbus Helicopters EC 130 now H130, Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135, Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2, Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 D-2, Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK117 D-3: about 1,903 aircraft on the U.S. register today across them, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: flight controls.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Airbus Helicopters; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
- Models
- AS350B, AS350B1, AS350B2, AS350B3, AS350BA, AS350D, AS355E, AS355F, AS355F1, AS355F2, AS355N, AS355NP, EC130B4, EC130T2, EC135P3, EC135P1, EC135P2, EC135P2+, EC135T1, EC135T2, EC135T3, EC135T2+/EC635T2+, MBB-BK 117 C-2, MBB-BK 117 D-2, MBB-BK 117 D-3
- On this site
- Aerospatiale AS-355 23 registered
Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125 893 registered
Airbus Helicopters AS355 TwinStar 6 registered
Airbus Helicopters EC 130 now H130 311 registered
Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 396 registered
Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 C-2 159 registered
Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 D-2 21 registered
Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK117 D-3 94 registered
Dates and paperwork
- Status
- Current
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
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 November 6, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/2022-10-51.json · aircraft systems.