Is AD 2010-07-09 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2010-07-09 requires a repetitive inspection every 2 months. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Airworthiness Directive 2010-07-09

Q: Which aircraft does AD 2010-07-09 apply to?

AD 2010-07-09 applies to Rolls-Royce Plc — models RB211-Trent 768-60, RB211-Trent 772-60, RB211-Trent 772B-60, RB211-Trent. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

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Official AD 2010-07-09 · FR doc 2010-7283 · 2010-04-02 · turbine engine

Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce plc RB211-Trent 700 Series Turbofan Engines

What this AD requires

The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce plc RB211-Trent 700 series turbofan engines. That AD currently requires initial and repetitive borescope inspections of the high-pressure-and-intermediate pressure (HP-IP) turbine internal and external oil vent tubes for coking and carbon buildup, and cleaning or replacing the vent tubes if necessary. This AD requires the same actions, but adds additional inspections of the vent flow restrictor. This AD results from further analysis that the cleaning of the vent tubes required by AD 2007-02-05 could lead to loosened carbon fragments, causing a blockage downstream in the vent flow restrictor. We are issuing this AD to prevent internal oil fires due to coking and carbon buildup that could cause uncontained engine failure and damage to the airplane.

Repetitive inspection. Re-inspect every 2 months. The next-due date/hours depend on this aircraft’s time in service — a records report computes it from the logbooks.

Which aircraft AD 2010-07-09 applies to

MakesRolls-Royce Plc

ModelsRB211-Trent 768-60, RB211-Trent 772-60, RB211-Trent 772B-60, RB211-Trent

Whether AD 2010-07-09 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 2010-07-09 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.