Business · 01/09/2005

FAA Proposes Update to Airworthiness Directive for General Electric CF34-1A and -3B1 Series Turbofan Engines

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed an update to an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for General Electric Company (GE) CF34-1A and -3B1 series turbofan engines, which power Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (RJ) airplanes and some Business Jet (BJ) models, to include additional serial numbers (SNs) of stage 5 and stage 6 low pressure turbine (LPT) disks and to require initial and repetitive visual and eddy current inspections (ECI) of these disks.