Airbus H125 / AS350 Écureuil (AStar) — U.S. Fleet History Data
Helicopter · 942 aircraft on the U.S. registry · built 1978–2026
NTSB records whose airframe serial does not match the aircraft currently holding the registration are excluded, as are service difficulty reports filed while a registration belonged to a different aircraft. U.S. registrations get reused; these counts are reconciled to the airframes actually in this fleet.
Where this fleet reports maintenance difficulties
FAA Service Difficulty Reports filed against Airbus H125 / AS350 Écureuil (AStar) airframes, grouped by JASC system chapter — a factual picture of what mechanics actually report on this type.
- 21 — Air Conditioning : 75 reports
- 53 — Fuselage : 68 reports
- 64 — Tail Rotor : 52 reports
- 24 — Electrical Power : 49 reports
- 29 — Hydraulic Power : 48 reports
Recent airworthiness directives matched to this type
- AD 2023-01-04 (recurring) · effective 2023-03-08 — occurrence reported where during an inspection of a tail rotor head (TRH) pitch change spider, excessive play and excessive wear were detected, due to an unwant
- AD 2022-10-51 · effective 2022-06-07 — supplier report of a non- conformity occurring during production
- AD 2022-05-02 · effective 2022-03-30 — revising the existing RFM for yo
- AD 2022-01-01 (recurring) · effective 2022-03-07 — application of alignment markings on, and repetitive inspections of, the main rotor (MR) pitch rod upper links and, depending on findings, the accomplishment of applicable corr
- AD 2021-20-16 (recurring) · effective 2021-11-22 — repetitive visual inspections of the right-hand side of the vertical fin spar for discrepancies (cracking), and corrective action if necessary
ADs published since 1995 in our Federal Register database — the full list of directives applicable to an older airframe is longer; build it at drs.faa.gov. Open/superseded status reflects our last sync. Compliance for a specific airframe can only be verified in its logbooks — that's exactly what our per-aircraft report flags.
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