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Airworthiness Directive 2003-01-05

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Official AD 2003-01-05 · FR doc 03-331 · 2003-01-13 · turbine engine

Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Co. CF6-80A Series Turbofan Engines

What this AD requires

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to General Electric Co. (GE) CF6-80A series turbofan engines. This action requires the following initial and repetitive inspections of certain part number (P/N) stage 1 high pressure turbine (HPT) rotor disks for cracks: [sbull] Etch preparations and fluorescent penetrant inspections. [sbull] Visual inspections. [sbull] Eddy current inspections.

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 2003-01-05 applies to

MakesGeneral Electric
ModelsCF6-80A, CF6

Applies to stage 1 HPT rotor disks (installed or spare) in CF6-80A engines; requires dovetail-slot-bottom inspection at piece-part exposure and, for uninspected disks, at next engine shop visit, per GE SB CF6-80A S/B 72-0779, dated March 20, 2002, to prevent uncontained engine failure.

Whether AD 2003-01-05 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 2003-01-05 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.

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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.