AD 2024-12-04

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Engines

AD Number
2024-12-04
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2023-1640
FR Citation
89 FR 56198

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Pratt & Whitney Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Engines

Unsafe Condition

The fracture of HPT 2nd stage turbine hub assembly lugs, which resulted in blade liberation and a titanium fire in the high-pressure compressor (HPC).

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Required Actions

A visual inspection of the HPT 2nd stage blade assemblies for missing contact marks, a dimensional shadowgraph inspection of the HPT 2nd stage blade assemblies for blade root profile dimensional deviations, and an eddy current inspection (ECI) of the HPT 2nd stage turbine hub assembly for conforming slot flatness. Removal from service and replacement of any HPT 2nd stage turbine hub assembly or HPT 2nd stage blade assembly that does not pass any inspection.

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Compliance Time

Within 50 flight hours

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Affected Aircraft

All Pratt & Whitney (PW) Model PW2037, PW2037M, and PW2040 engines with a certain high-pressure turbine (HPT) 2nd stage blade assembly installed.

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Source: Official FAA Source ↗

Retrieved: Apr 6, 2026

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