AD 2024-04-51

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Engines

AD Number
2024-04-51
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2024-0458
FR Citation
89 FR 18350

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
engine Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Engines

Unsafe Condition

There has been a recent in-service report of a PT2 blade failure on a model PT6A-67 engine and two reports of PT2 blade failures during testing at the manufacturer's facility. The PT2 blade failures were contained. The manufacturer is investigating the root cause of the PT2 blade failures, but the preliminary investigation determined that the affected power turbine modules contained PT2 blades with part number 3056693-01, which were newly manufactured from the same raw material. In all cases, the PT2 blades had accumulated less than 25 hours air time since new.

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Required Actions

Remove the suspect blades prior to the next flight and prohibit installation of the suspect blades. These corrective actions are interim actions until the root cause investigation is completed.

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Compliance Time

Before further flight

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Affected Aircraft

Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Model PT6A-64, PT6A-66, PT6A-66A, PT6A-66B, PT6A-66D, PT6A-67, PT6A-67A, PT6A-67AF, PT6A-67AG, PT6A-67B, PT6A-67D, PT6A-67F, PT6A-67P, PT6A-67R, PT6A-67RM, PT6A-67T, PT6A-68, PT6A-68D, PT6E-67XP, and PT6E-66XT engines.

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Retrieved: Apr 4, 2026

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