Forest Service Flagged ‘Issue’ Before Bell Directives

A UH-1H operated by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Credit: CAL FIRE
The U.S. Forest Service notified Bell Textron of a “potentially serious maintenance issue” with its Bell medium helicopters just before Transport Canada and the FAA issued emergency airworthiness directives (ADs) requiring operators to inspect the aircraft’s main-rotor hubs for potentially faulty...
Bill Carey

Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and uncrewed aircraft systems. He is the author of 'Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America,' published in 2016.

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