Airworthiness Directive 02-5003
one-timeAirworthiness Directives; General Electric Company GE90 Series Turbofan Engines
What this AD requires
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain General Electric Company (GE) GE90 series turbofan engines, that currently requires revisions to the Life Limits Section of the manufacturer's Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA) to include required enhanced inspection of selected critical life-limited parts at each piece-part exposure. This action modifies the airworthiness limitations section of the manufacturer's manual and an air carrier's approved continuous airworthiness maintenance program to incorporate additional inspection requirements. This amendment is prompted by additional focused inspection procedures that have been developed by the manufacturer. 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 02-5003 applies to
Applies to GE90 engines regardless of prior modification, alteration, or repair; requires revising the ICA Life Limits Section (and, for air carriers, the approved continuous airworthiness maintenance program) to add mandatory piece-part-opportunity inspections (fluorescent-penetrant and eddy-current) of HPC rotor parts including the stage 1 disk and stage 2-6 spool.
Whether AD 02-5003 actually applies to your aircraft (by serial and installed parts) and whether it’s already complied with comes from that aircraft’s records.
Supersession
Supersedes AD 2000-08-10.
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.