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Airworthiness Directive 06-3616

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AD 06-3616 · 2006-04-17 · turboshaft engine

Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Aircraft Engines (GEAE) CT7-8A Turboshaft Engines

What this AD requires

This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting emergency airworthiness directive (EAD) 2006-06-51 that we sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of GEAE CT7-8A turboshaft engines installed on Sikorsky S92 helicopters. This AD requires initial and repetitive inspections of the electrical chip detectors for the No. 3 bearing. This AD results from two failures of the No. 3 bearing in GEAE CT7-8A engines. We are issuing this AD to prevent failures of the No. 3 bearings and possible dual in-flight shutdowns of the engines.

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 06-3616 applies to

MakesGeneral Electric Company Aircraft Engines (Geae)
ModelsCT7-8A, CT7
Serial-conditional — narrows to serials 947201–947204, 947209–947235, 947238–9472268, 947273–947281, 947283–947285.

Applies only to the specific serial-numbered engines listed (installed on Sikorsky S-92 helicopters); the range '947238 through 9472268' is reproduced as printed in the source text (likely a typographical rendering of 947268).

Whether AD 06-3616 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 06-3616 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.