Is AD 2013-12-02 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2013-12-02 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2013-12-02 apply to?

AD 2013-12-02 applies to Engine Alliance — models GP7270, GP7277, GP7000. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2013-12-02

recurring

Official AD 2013-12-02 · FR doc 2013-14040 · 2013-06-14 · turbine engine

Airworthiness Directives; Engine Alliance Turbofan Engines

What this AD requires

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Engine Alliance GP7270 and GP7277 turbofan engines. This AD was prompted by damage to the high-pressure compressor (HPC) stage 7-9 spool caused by failure of the baffle plate feature on affected HPC stage 6 disks. This AD requires initial and repetitive borescope inspections of the baffle plate feature and removal from service of the HPC stage 6 disk if the plate is missing material. This AD also requires mandatory removal from service of these HPC stage 6 disks at the next HPC module exposure. We are issuing this AD to prevent failure of the HPC stage 7-9 spool, uncontained engine failure, and damage to the airplane.

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 2013-12-02 applies to

MakesEngine Alliance

ModelsGP7270, GP7277, GP7000

Part-conditional — 382-100-505-0.

Applies only to engines with high-pressure compressor (HPC) stage 6 disk P/N 382-100-505-0 installed.

Whether AD 2013-12-02 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 2013-12-02 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.