Safety recommendation

FAA Urged to Issue Airworthiness Directive for CF6-6 Engine Inspections

A directive was requested to inspect fan disks and shafts on CF6-6 engines following an investigation.

Following completion of the directed safety investigation of the general electric cf6-6 turbine engine discussed in A-89-95, an airworthiness directive was requested to require appropriate inspections of the fan disks and the fan forward shaft at appropriate cyclic intervals. This directive was superseded by A-90-089.

Original regulatory source: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/A-89-096

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