General Electric Turbine Engines - CF6 S
General Electric Turbine Engines - CF6 Series
General Electric Turbine Engines - CF6 Series
| AD/CF6/76 | High Pressure Turbine Stage 1 Rotor Discs | 6/2009 |
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| Applicability: | General Electric Company (GE) CF6-80A series turbofan engines with any of the following stage 1 high-pressure turbine (HPT) rotor disc part numbers (P/Ns), installed:(a) 1380M69G01; 1380M69G02; 1380M69G04; 1380M69G05; or 1380M69G06; or(b) 9234M67G12; 9234M67G13; 9234M67G14; 9234M67G15; or 9234M67G16; or(c) 9362M58G04; or(d) 9367M45G01; 9367M45G03; 9367M45G05; 9367M45G06; 9367M45G07; or 9367M45G08.Note 1: These CF6-80A series turbofan engines are installed on, but not limited to, Airbus A310-200 series and Boeing 767-200 and -300 series aeroplanes. |
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| Requirement: | 1. Remove from service HPT stage 1 rotor discs identified in the applicability section of this AD.2. Do not install any of the HPT stage 1 rotor discs, identified in the applicability section of this AD into any engine.Note 2: FAA AD 2009-08-06 Amdt 39-15879 dated 6 April 2009 refers. |
| Compliance: | For Requirement 1 - Within 30 days after the effective date of this AD, unless the actions have already been done.For Requirement 2 - After the effective date of this AD. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 4 June 2009. |
| Background: | The discs detailed in this AD are susceptible to cracks developing at the aft chamfer of the blade dovetail slots. The actions detailed in this AD are to prevent cracks developing at the aft chamfer of the blade dovetail slots that could propagate to a failure of the disc and cause an uncontained engine failure and damage to the aeroplane. |
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James Coyne
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
17 April 2009