Airworthiness Directive 98-15-02
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What this AD requires
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Rolls-Royce Limited, Aero Division-Bristol, S.N.E.C.M.A. Olympus 593 series turbojet engines. This action requires identifying reduced post-rebroaching cyclic life limits for certain rebroached stage 6 high pressure compressor (HPC) disks, inspecting the rebroached disks for cracks, and, if necessary, removing from service cracked disks. This amendment is prompted by reports of the low cyclic lives at which some rebroached stage 6 HPC disks have been found cracked. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent rebroached stage 6 HPC disk failure, which could result in an uncontained engine failure and damage to the aircraft.
Which aircraft AD 98-15-02 applies to
Installed on but not limited to British Aerospace/Aerospatiale Concorde series aircraft; applies to each identified engine regardless of modification, alteration, or repair status.
Whether AD 98-15-02 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:
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.