GENERAL
The AW139 is a large powered by twin turbo-shaft engines, multi-purpose
helicopter designed to fulfil a variety of roles, such as:
• VIP / Corporate transport of passengers
• Off-Shore
• SAR – Search And Rescue (over land, sea, mountain)
• Emergency Medical Service (EMS)
• Fire-Fighting
• Law enforcement / Paramilitary
• Utility
• Military
NOTE
AW139 and AB139 are two names for the same product. They
identify two batches of aircraft manufactured in conformity with a
unique Type Certificate Data Sheet.
- AB139: up to s/n 31054
- AW139: from s/n 31055 onward
CS 29 CERTIFICATION
The AW139 is certificated by European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in
accordance with CS 29 for Large Rotorcraft Category A (Appendix B – IFR,
and Appendix C – Icing conditions) and Category B.
Certification includes:
• Taxiing from prepared surfaces
• Cat. 1 ILS approaches
• Overwater operations (no amphibian operations)
• Carriage of external loads
• Cold weather operations
• Hot and high operations
• IFR single pilot operations
• VFR night single pilot operations
Installation of dedicated optional kits may be necessary to perform some of
the certified operations.
The maximum number of occupants (pilots and passengers), including the
crew, is:
• low density configuration.............................................................. 14
• high density configuration............................................................. 17
The AW139 helicopter is produced in three fuselage versions:
• Short nose (also referred to as "standard" no more in production)
• Long nose
• Enhanced