Is AD 2008-26-06 a recurring Airworthiness Directive?

Yes — AD 2008-26-06 requires a repetitive inspection. Next-due depends on the aircraft's time in service.

Which aircraft does AD 2008-26-06 apply to?

AD 2008-26-06 applies to Rolls-Royce Corporation — models AE 3007. Serial/part conditions may narrow it to specific aircraft.

Airworthiness Directive 2008-26-06

recurring

Official AD 2008-26-06 · FR doc E8-30051 · 2008-12-24 · turbine engine

Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Corporation (RRC) AE 3007A Series Turbofan Engines

What this AD requires

The FAA is superseding emergency airworthiness directive (AD) 2008-19-51 that we sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of RRC AE 3007A series turbofan engines. That AD requires performing initial and repetitive eddy current inspections (ECIs) on the high-pressure turbine (HPT) stage 2 wheel for cracks. This AD continues to require those same inspections, but revises the compliance schedule for the initial inspection and specifies the affected HPT stage 2 wheels by part number (P/N). This AD results from reports of cracked HPT stage 2 wheels. We are issuing this AD to detect cracks in the HPT stage 2 wheel, which could result in a possible uncontained failure of the HPT stage 2 wheel 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 2008-26-06 applies to

MakesRolls-Royce Corporation

ModelsAE 3007

Part-conditional — 23065892, 23069116, 23069438, 23069592, 23074462, 23074644, 23075345, 23084520.

Applies only to AE 3007A series engines with high-pressure turbine (HPT) stage 2 wheel P/N 23065892, 23069116, 23069438, 23069592, 23074462, 23074644, 23075345, 23084520, or 23084781 installed.

Whether AD 2008-26-06 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 2008-26-06 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.