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2026-13-09 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Engines

Unsafe Condition: Circumferential cracks at the turbine exhaust frame external surface caused by thermal stress from engine starts.

Effective: Jul 14, 2026 Category: engine

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Engines

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2025-05-13 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Engines

Unsafe Condition: crack, fracture, missing, or loosening of the gas generator case to turbine support case retaining bolts due to inadequate low-cycle fatigue life

Effective: Apr 23, 2025 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 flight hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Engines

2024-04-51

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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 failure...

Effective: Mar 28, 2024 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Engines

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2024-03-01

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Engines

Unsafe Condition: Failure of the high-pressure turbine (HPT) 1st and 2nd-stage disks, potentially due to undetected subsurface material defects, which could result in uncontained HPT disk failure, engine damage, air...

Effective: Mar 27, 2024 Category: engine Compliance: Within the compliance times specified in Transport Canada AD CF-2023-30, with adjustments as note...

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Engines

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2023-15-01

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Engines

Unsafe Condition: The unsafe condition, if not addressed, could result in uncontained HPT disk failure, damage to the engine, damage to the airplane, and loss of the airplane.

Effective: Aug 29, 2023 Category: engine Compliance: Within 100 engine cycles after the effective date of this AD

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Engines

2023-06-14

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corporation Turbofan Engines

Unsafe Condition: The combustion chamber outer case (CCOC) to rear compressor case (RCC) flange bolt low cycle fatigue life was inadequate and those flange bolts may develop cracks resulting in flange bolt fracture.

Effective: May 30, 2023 Category: engine Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corporation Turbofan Engines

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2023-03-12

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turbofan Engines

Unsafe Condition: Crack originating from machining marks on the back face of the impeller, propagating until the impeller fractures, leading to uncontained failure.

Effective: Mar 31, 2023 Category: engine Compliance: Within the next hot section inspection until the impeller is replaced at the next scheduled engin...

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turbofan Engines

2023-03-02

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition: Engines failing to achieve required power (torque) during high power applications due to internal leaks in the bleed-off valves (BOVs) caused by glass bead contamination.

Effective: Mar 21, 2023 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within the compliance times specified in Transport Canada AD CF-2022-26.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

2022-08-13

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition: low-time fractures of compressor turbine (CT) blades resulting in loss of power or in-flight shutdown (IFSD) of the engine due to airflow distortion and subsequent aerofoil excitation of the CT bla...

Effective: May 27, 2022 Category: engine Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

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2021-15-12

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines

Unsafe Condition: The Automated Damage Tracking System (ADTS) may under-count the number of cycles accrued by the impeller and the High Pressure (HP) compressor rotor.

Effective: Sep 9, 2021 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 flight hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines

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2020-18-05

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines

Unsafe Condition: Contamination from galvanic corrosion between the fuel control unit (FCU) aluminum body and the steel union fitting causing the loss of engine control, resulting in an engine over-speed condition a...

Effective: Oct 7, 2020 Category: engine Compliance: Within 50 flight hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines

2020-13-06

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition: certain HP centrifugal impellers installed on P&WC PW150A model turboprop engines may exhibit a material microstructure anomaly that has a potential to adversely affect the low cycle fatigue charac...

Effective: Aug 6, 2020 Category: engine Compliance: Within 50 flight hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

2019-22-03 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines

Unsafe Condition: Reports of incorrect engine torque for PT6B-37A turboshaft engines due to axial migration of the #9 and #10 bearings at the engine torque sensing gear location.

Effective: Dec 24, 2019 Category: engine Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines

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2016-05-13

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition: incidents of corrosion and perforation of the two-ply Cu-Be bellows in Woodward fuel control units (FCUs)

Effective: Apr 22, 2016 Category: engine Compliance: within 500 flight hours or one year after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs first

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

2015-20-03

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition: fuel seepage past the metal-to-metal sealing surfaces of the fuel nozzle and fuel manifold flow adapter

Effective: Nov 18, 2015 Category: engine Compliance: Within 1,500 flight hours after the effective date of this AD, or at the next engine shop visit, ...

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

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2015-20-04 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines

Unsafe Condition: Axial migration of the No. 10 bearing in the engine reduction gearbox (RGB) assembly, caused by non-optimal bearing internal clearance, which could lead to engine overtorque, failure of the engine,...

Effective: Nov 18, 2015 Category: engine Compliance: Within 50 flight hours after the effective date

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines

2014-17-08R1

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition: Failure of compressor turbine (CT) blades could result in damage to the engine and damage to the airplane.

Effective: Jun 5, 2015 Category: engine Compliance: Effective June 5, 2015.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

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Amdt-39-18149 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition: Failure of compressor turbine (CT) blades, which could result in damage to the engine and damage to the airplane.

Effective: Jun 5, 2015 Category: engine Compliance: Within 50 flight hours after the effective date of this AD.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

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2014-17-08 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition: Compressor turbine (CT) blade failure due to creep and/or sulfidation, leading to power loss and engine failure.

Effective: Oct 8, 2014 Category: engine Compliance: Within 36 months of the effective date.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

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2014-15-03

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corporation Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition: Damage to the high-pressure fuel line from the P&WC PW150A engine flowmeter to the flow divider, caused by fretting wear through contact with incorrectly routed igniter cables, could result in a hi...

Effective: Aug 27, 2014 Category: engine Compliance: At the next shop visit, but before 36 months from the effective date of this AD.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corporation Turboprop Engines

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Problem area Fuel system

2014-14-02

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition: Reports of fuel leaks at the interface between the fuel manifold and the fuel nozzle that resulted in engine fire.

Effective: Aug 15, 2014 Category: engine Compliance: Within 18 months after the effective date of this AD.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

2014-11-05

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition: In-service events involving the perforation of engine cases as a result of the liberation of power turbine (PT) blades and the fracture/displacement of the PT containment ring.

Effective: Aug 5, 2014 Category: engine Compliance: Within 48 months after the effective date of this AD.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

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2013-15-08

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition: Fractures of the first-stage power turbine (PT) blade due to undetected shrinkage porosity of unacceptable levels within the blade casting.

Effective: Sep 17, 2013 Category: engine Compliance: Within 60 months after the effective date of the AD or when the affected PT blades are at module ...

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop Engines

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2013-03-14 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp Turboshaft Engines

Unsafe Condition: Failure of the retaining ring that holds the power turbine (PT) baffle in its intended position, leading to PT baffle displacement and contact with the downstream side of the second stage PT disk, ...

Effective: Mar 26, 2013 Category: engine Compliance: Within specified operating hours or PT cycles, depending on the engine's PT cycle count on the ef...

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp Turboshaft Engines

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2013-03-21

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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines

Unsafe Condition: Certain power turbine (PT) disks, part number (P/N) 3044188-01, made to specific heat codes may not achieve the established maximum in-service life when installed in Turbomachinery Assembly P/N 305...

Effective: Mar 26, 2013 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before 10,000 CSN

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines

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