Airworthiness Directive 2000-03-03
one-timeAirworthiness Directives; General Electric Company CF34 Series Turbofan Engines
What this AD requires
This amendment revises an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to General Electric Company CF34 series turbofan engines, that currently requires revisions to the Engine Maintenance Program specified in the manufacturer's Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA) for General Electric Company (GE) CF34 series turbofan engines. Those revisions require enhanced inspection of selected critical life-limited parts at each piece-part exposure. The existing AD also requires that an air carrier's approved continuous airworthiness maintenance program incorporate these inspection procedures. This amendment removes inspection requirements for parts removed from engines mounted on-wing. This amendment is prompted by the high removal rate and subsequent piece-part exposure of fan disks due to certain maintenance procedures. This additional exposure has resulted in fan disk focused inspection rates that exceed the intent of the focused inspection initiative. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent critical life-limited rotating engine part failure, which could result in an uncontained engine failure and damage to the airplane.
Which aircraft AD 2000-03-03 applies to
Requires revising the CF34 Engine Maintenance Program (SEI-756, Ch. 5-21-00) to add mandatory piece-part inspection requirements (Table 804) to prevent critical life-limited rotating engine part failure; the AD text states no configuration/modification removes an engine from applicability without FAA-approved alternative action.
Whether AD 2000-03-03 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:
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.