AD 2023-21-07

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Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Engines

AD Number
2023-21-07
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
engine
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2022-1314
FR Citation
88 FR 76117

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
engine General Electric Company Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Engines

Unsafe Condition

The main propeller shaft failure on a GE Model CT7-9B engine, resulting in the loss of the propeller.

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Required Actions

Perform initial and repetitive visual inspections, fluorescent penetrant inspections (FPIs), and ultrasonic inspections (USIs) of the main propeller shaft. Depending on the results of these inspections, replace the main propeller shaft. As an optional terminating action to these inspections, revise the airworthiness limitations section (ALS) of the existing maintenance manual (MM) and the operator's existing approved maintenance program or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate the tasks and reduced inspection thresholds for the main propeller shaft.

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Compliance Time

Before further flight

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Affected Aircraft

General Electric Company, Model CT7-5A2, CT7-5A3, CT7-7A, CT7-7A1, CT7-9B, CT7-9B1, CT7-9B2, CT7-9C, and CT7-9C3 engines.

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Source: Official FAA Source ↗

Retrieved: Apr 6, 2026

Rights: U.S. Government Public Domain

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