Is AD 2000-12-08 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2000-12-08 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Airworthiness Directive 2000-12-08

Q: Which aircraft does AD 2000-12-08 apply to?

AD 2000-12-08 applies to General Electric — models CF6-80C2A1, CF6-80C2A2, CF6-80C2A3, CF6-80C2A5, CF6-80C2A5F, CF6-80C2A8, CF6-80C2D1F, CF6-80C2. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

recurring

Official AD 2000-12-08 · FR doc 00-16200 · 2000-06-27 · turbine engine

Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Models CF6-80C2A1/A2/A3/A5/A5F/A8/D1F Turbofan Engines

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to General Electric Company (GE) Models CF6-80C2A1/A2/A3/ A5/A5F/A8/D1F turbofan engines. This AD requires initial and repetitive visual inspections of left hand and right hand aft engine mount link assemblies for separations, cracks and spherical bearing race migration. Cracked or separated parts must be replaced prior to further flight. If spherical bearing race migration is discovered, an additional borescope inspection for cracks is also required. If no cracks are discovered by the additional borescope inspection, assemblies have a 75-cycle grace period for remaining in service before replacement. Finally, installation of improved aft engine mount link assemblies constitutes terminating action to the inspections of this AD. This amendment is prompted by a report of a fractured left hand aft engine mount link discovered during a scheduled removal of an engine of similar design. The actions specified by the AD are intended to prevent aft engine mount link failure, which can result in adverse redistribution of the aft engine mount loads and possible aft engine mount system failure.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2000-12-08 applies to

MakesGeneral Electric

ModelsCF6-80C2A1, CF6-80C2A2, CF6-80C2A3, CF6-80C2A5, CF6-80C2A5F, CF6-80C2A8, CF6-80C2D1F, CF6-80C2

Part-conditional — 9348M79G01, 9348M79G02, 9348M84G01, 9348M84G02.

Applies only when left hand aft engine mount link assembly P/N 9348M79G01 or 9348M79G02, or right hand aft engine mount link assembly P/N 9348M84G01 or 9348M84G02, is installed.

Whether AD 2000-12-08 actually applies to your aircraft (by serial and installed parts) and whether it’s already complied with comes from that aircraft’s records.

How AD compliance is recorded

A valid compliance record (14 CFR 43.9) states:

Method of compliance — The specific action taken (inspected, replaced, modified) and to what revision.

Date — When the work was done.

Aircraft time — Total time in service / tach at compliance — how recurring next-due is computed.

Signature & certificate — The A&P/IA who returned it to service, with certificate number.

Is AD 2000-12-08 complied with on your aircraft?

Tailplate reads a tail number’s logbooks and matches every applicable AD — including this one — to its compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates computed.

Look up a tail number →Read the full directive (Federal Register)

Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and is advisory, not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.