AD 99-04-09

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Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Limited Dart Series Turboprop Engines

AD Number
99-04-09
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
engine
Docket
98-ANE-46-AD
FR Citation
Federal Register: February 10, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 27)

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
engine Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Dart 525 Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Limited Dart Series Turboprop Engines
engine Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Dart 525F Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Limited Dart Series Turboprop Engines
engine Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Dart 526 Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Limited Dart Series Turboprop Engines
engine Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Dart 527 Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Limited Dart Series Turboprop Engines
engine Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Dart 528-7E Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Limited Dart Series Turboprop Engines
engine Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Dart 528D-7E Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Limited Dart Series Turboprop Engines
engine Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Dart 529-7E Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Limited Dart Series Turboprop Engines
engine Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Dart 529-7H Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Limited Dart Series Turboprop Engines
engine Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Dart 529-8E Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Limited Dart Series Turboprop Engines
engine Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Dart 529-8H Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Limited Dart Series Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition

High pressure turbine (HPT) disk rupture caused by high cycle fatigue (HCF) induced by a once-per-revolution resonance force resulting from fuel burner malfunction.

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Required Actions

Perform initial and repetitive fuel burner fuel flow calibration checks, and overhaul or replace fuel burners in accordance with Rolls-Royce Alert Service Bulletin Da73-A87. Actions must be completed by the earliest of engine overhaul or before exceeding 3,000 hours time in service since last fuel burner calibration.

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Compliance Time

Prior to exceeding 3,000 hours time in service (TIS) since last fuel burner calibration or at engine overhaul, whichever occurs first.

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Affected Aircraft

Rolls-Royce Limited Dart 525 series, 526, 527, 528 series, 529 series, 530, 531, 532 series, 535 series, 542 series, and 552 series turboprop engines installed on specified aircraft models.

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