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AD 2024-10-14
Published 2024-07-09 · Document 2024-14945
This is a dated source edition. Current legal effect, aircraft applicability, installed configuration and compliance remain unknown. It has not been promoted as a regulatory determination or qualified as paid-report evidence.
- Effective date printed in this source
- 2024-08-13
- Source acquired
- 2026-09-28
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Applicability wording in this source
(c) Applicability
This AD applies to Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Trent
1000-A, Trent 1000-AE, Trent 1000-C, Trent 1000-CE, Trent 1000-D,
Trent 1000-E, Trent 1000-G, and Trent 1000-H engines.
Serial numbers, installed parts, exceptions and service-document requirements have not been evaluated. An engine model mentioned here is not evidence that an aircraft has that engine installed.
Fully written literal labels recorded in this clause:
This literal index is partial. Shorthand, ranges and broken lines have not been expanded or repaired.
Historical relationship wording
(b) Affected Ads
None.
This wording records what this edition said at publication. It does not determine current supersession or current independent burden.
Recorded rule paragraphs
These exact source paragraphs include conditions and maintenance wording. They are not a conclusion that work applies to, or was completed on, an individual aircraft. Referenced manufacturer service documents are link-only and are not mirrored.
(a) Effective Date
(a) Effective Date
This airworthiness directive (AD) is effective August 13, 2024.
(b) Affected Ads
(b) Affected Ads
None.
(c) Applicability
(c) Applicability
This AD applies to Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Trent
1000-A, Trent 1000-AE, Trent 1000-C, Trent 1000-CE, Trent 1000-D,
Trent 1000-E, Trent 1000-G, and Trent 1000-H engines.
(d) Subject
(d) Subject
Joint Aircraft System Component (JASC) Code 7250, Turbine
Section.
(e) Unsafe Condition
(e) Unsafe Condition
This AD was prompted by reports of cracking and separation of
certain low-pressure turbine (LPT) stage 1 blade assemblies. The FAA
is issuing this AD to prevent failure of the LPT stage 1 blades. The
unsafe condition, if not addressed, could result in high energy
debris release, damage to the airplane, and reduced control of the
airplane.
(f) Compliance
(f) Compliance
Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified,
unless already done.
(g) Required Actions
(g) Required Actions
Except as specified in paragraphs (h) and (i) of this AD:
Perform all required actions within the compliance times specified
in, and in accordance with, European Union Aviation Safety Agency
(EASA) AD 2023-0165, dated August 22, 2023 (EASA AD 2023-0165).
(h) Exceptions to EASA AD 2023-0165
(h) Exceptions to EASA AD 2023-0165
(1) Where EASA AD 2023-0165 refers to its effective date, this
AD requires using the effective date of this AD.
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(2) This AD does not adopt the Remarks paragraph of EASA AD
2023-0165.
(3) Where the service information referenced in EASA AD 2023-
0165 specifies discarding the removed low pressure (LP) turbine
stage 1 blade set, this AD requires removing the affected part from
service.
(4) Where the service information referenced in EASA AD 2023-
0165 specifies to quarantine the removed LP turbine stage 1 rotor
disk, this AD requires removing the affected part from service.
(i) No Reporting Requirement
(i) No Reporting Requirement
Although the service information referenced in EASA AD 2023-0165
specifies to submit certain information to the manufacturer, this AD
does not include that requirement.
(j) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs)
(j) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs)
(1) The Manager, AIR-520 Continued Operational Safety Branch,
FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested
using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14
CFR 39.19, send your request to your principal inspector or local
Flight Standards District Office, as appropriate. If sending
information directly to the manager of the AIR-520 Continued
Operational Safety Branch, send it to the attention of the person
identified in paragraph (k) of this AD and email to: [email protected].
(2) Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate
principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager
of the local Flight Standards District Office/certificate holding
district office.
(k) Additional Information
(k) Additional Information
For more information about this AD, contact Sungmo Cho, Aviation
Safety Engineer, FAA, 2200 South 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198;
phone: (781) 238-7241; email: [email protected].
(l) Material Incorporated by Reference
(l) Material Incorporated by Reference
(1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the
incorporation by reference of the service information listed in this
paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.
(2) You must use this service information as applicable to do
the actions required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise.
(i) European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD 2023-0165,
dated August 22, 2023.
(ii) [Reserved]
(3) For EASA AD 2023-0165, contact EASA, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 3,
50668 Cologne, Germany; phone: +49 221 8999 000; email:
[email protected]; website: easa.europa.eu. You may find this EASA
AD on the EASA website at ad.easa.europa.eu.
(4) You may view this material at the FAA, Airworthiness
Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 1200 District Avenue,
Burlington, MA 01803. For information on the availability of this
material at the FAA, call (817) 222-5110.
(5) You may view this material at the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability
of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email [email protected].