AD/TAY/12 Amdt 6 - Low Pressure Compressor Ice Impact Panels (Cth)

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE On the effective date specified below, and for the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/TAY/12 Amdt 5 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.001(1) of CASR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

Rolls Royce Turbine Engines - Tay Series AD/TAY/12 Amdt 6 Low Pressure Compressor Ice Impact Panels 12/2007

Applicability: Tay 611-8, Tay 611-8C, Tay 620-15, Tay 650-15 and Tay 651-54 series engines with Low Pressure (LP) compressor ice impact panels of Rolls-Royce Deutschland (RRD) Service Bulletin (SB) TAY-72-1326 standard.

Note 1: These engines are known to be installed on, but not limited to, Boeing 727 series, Fokker F28 Mark 0070 and Mark 0100, and Gulfstream G-IV and GIV-X aircraft. Requirement: 1. Repetitively inspect the low pressure compressor ice impact panels in accordance with the instructions of, RRD NMSB TAY-72-1638 Revision 3 or later approved revisions, or Non-Modification Service Bulletin (NMSB) TAY-72-1639 Revision 2 or later approved revisions, as applicable to engine model.

2. If more than one engine on an aircraft is equipped with epoxy bonded ice impact panels, rework the epoxy bonded ice impact panels on one engine using polysulphide bonding in accordance with RRD NMSB TAY-72-1638 Revision 3 or later approved revisions, or NMSB TAY-72-1639 Revision 2 or later approved revisions, as applicable to engine model.