Unsafe Condition: Turbine exhaust frames manufactured from a certain material are less durable and more susceptible to developing cracks under thermal stress.
Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney RTX Corporation (Type Certificate Previously Held by Pratt & Whitney Division United Technologies Corporation) Engines
Unsafe Condition: Separation of the high-pressure compressor (HPC) 7th-stage integrally bladed rotor (IBR-7) due to crack indications in the HPC 15th-stage disks, front turbine hubs, high pressure turbine (HPT) 1st-...
Effective: Jun 26, 2026Category: engine
Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney RTX Corporation (Type Certificate Previously Held by Pratt & Whitney Division United Technologies Corporation) 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, 2025Category: aircraftCompliance: Within 50 flight hours
Unsafe Condition: The failure of the HPC IBR-7 was caused by a nickel powdered metal anomaly, which is similar in nature to an anomaly previously observed, and these parts are susceptible to failure much earlier tha...
Effective: Apr 8, 2025Category: engineCompliance: Before further flight
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).
Effective: Aug 13, 2024Category: aircraftCompliance: Within 50 flight hours
Unsafe Condition: Failure of the high-pressure compressor (HPC) 7th-stage integrally bladed rotor (IBR-7) due to a nickel powdered metal anomaly, resulting in an engine shutdown and aborted takeoff.
Effective: Apr 11, 2024Category: engineCompliance: Within 50 flight hours or before further flight, whichever occurs first, and thereafter at interv...
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, 2024Category: aircraftCompliance: Before further flight
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, 2024Category: engineCompliance: Within the compliance times specified in Transport Canada AD CF-2023-30, with adjustments as note...
Unsafe Condition: Failure of the LPC fan hub assembly, which could result in uncontained debris release, damage to the engine, and damage to the aircraft.
Effective: Nov 7, 2023Category: aircraftCompliance: Before further flight
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, 2023Category: engineCompliance: Within 100 engine cycles after the effective date of this AD
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, 2023Category: engineCompliance: Before further flight
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, 2023Category: engineCompliance: Within the next hot section inspection until the impeller is replaced at the next scheduled engin...
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, 2023Category: aircraftCompliance: Within the compliance times specified in Transport Canada AD CF-2022-26.
Unsafe Condition: an uncommanded dual engine shutdown upon landing, resulting in compromised braking capability due to the loss of engine power and hydraulic systems.
Effective: Jan 31, 2023Category: engineCompliance: within 12 months after the effective date of this AD
Unsafe Condition: a manufacturing quality escape due to insufficient cooling of the LPT stage 5 air seal resulting in a reduction of the life of the low-cycle fatigue (LCF) life limit
Effective: Jul 5, 2022Category: aircraftCompliance: within the next piece-part exposure, or before the LPT stage 5 air seal accumulates 8,240 cycles ...