Airworthiness Directive 95-18-14
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What this AD requires
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to General Electric Company (GE) CF6 series turbofan engines. This action requires a more detailed fluorescent penetrant inspection process for GE CF6 series high pressure compressor rotor (HPCR) stage 3-9 spools. This amendment is prompted by an uncontained failure of the HPCR stage 3-9 spool attributed to a material defect located in the hub to web transition area of the stage 6 disk. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent an uncontained HPCR engine failure, which can result in damage to the aircraft.
Which aircraft AD 95-18-14 applies to
Extracted text begins at the standard 'preceding applicability provision' boilerplate; the AD's actual engine model list precedes this excerpt and was not captured by extraction. Requires fluorescent penetrant inspection of HPCR stage 3-9 spools per GE All Operators' Wire 'FPI of Deep Disk Spools, Best Practices' dated Aug 10, 1995; the referenced document is distributed via the GE CF6 Distribution Clerk, indicating the CF6 engine family.
Whether AD 95-18-14 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:
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.