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AD/JT15D/5 - Modified Fuel Manifold Assembly

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This Airworthiness Directive is a mandatory safety order affecting specific aircraft engines. It requires owners and operators of Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 turbine engines (with serial numbers up to PC-E70110) to modify the fuel manifold assembly.

Who it affects: Aircraft operators and maintenance organisations using these specific engines.

What must be done: Install a modified fuel manifold assembly in accordance with Pratt & Whitney Service Bulletin No. 7087 (Revision 1).

When: At the first "hot section inspection" (a major maintenance check of the engine's high-temperature components) or engine overhaul completed after 31 July 1978.

Why it matters: This addresses a specific safety defect in the original fuel manifold design, preventing potential engine failures or fires.

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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/JT15D/5 Modified Fuel Manifold Assembly 10/85

Applicability: JT15D-4 model engines with S/Nos. up to and including PC-E70110. Document: 1. Pratt & Whitney of Canada SB No. 7087, Rev. 1.; or

AD/UAC-T/29.

Compliance: At first hot section inspection or overhaul completed after 31 July 1978.

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