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AD/CF6/13 - Accessory Compartment Fire Shields

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This instrument mandates installation of accessory-compartment fire shields on General Electric CF6-80A engines, in accordance with FAA AD 89-16-08 paras (a) and (b), unless already done. It affects aircraft owners/operators, who must pay for parts, labor and downtime and comply prior to 27 October 1989, after an FAA-reported bearing failure led to a fuel-fed accessory-compartment fire.

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 106 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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AD/CF6/13 Accessory Compartment Fire Shields 11/88

Applicability: CF6-80A Series.

Requirement: Install fire shields in accordance with the requirements of FAA AD 89-16-08 Paras

(a) and (b) unless already accomplished. Compliance: Prior to 27 October 1989.

Background: The FAA advises of one event involving a CF6-80A engine where an external fire resulted from failure of a number 5R bearing. The fire progressed into the accessory compartment damaging fuel carrying lines causing fuel leakage which sustained the fire.

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