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                  (c) All mandatory bulletins issued by RRC have been accomplished within the designated compliance requirements.

                  (d) That the maintenance records indicate proper engine maintenance has been performed per the applicable Operations and Maintenance Manual.

                  (e) Compliance with Commercial Engine Bulletin (CEB)-A-1392 latest revision is still applicable next time the compressor is due for repair or overhaul. Compliance Code 4.

                  (f) The parts related to the CEB or AD must have been manufactured by Rolls-Royce.  If they are not Rolls-Royce manufactured parts, RRC Compressor Adaptor Couplings must be replaced by the compliance date of revision 2 of this AD (1 March 2012).

                4. Installation Requirements for Compressor Adaptor Couplings

                From the effective date of this Directive.

             Definition

             For the purposes of this Directive, next access is defined as when the compressor module is separated from the engine and disassembled for any reason.
             This Amendment becomes effective on 8 March 2012.
Background:  This AD results from nine reports of engine shutdown caused by compressor adaptor coupling failure.

             Amendment 3 compliance date extended for RRC compressor adapter couplings, subject to the stated conditions.

             Amendment 2 corrected a typographical error in Table 2 of the Applicability and removes the discrepancy in the compliance times for EXTEX and SAP couplings.

             Amendment 1 amended the compliance period.

             Amendment 1 of this Directive became effective on 22 March 2005.

             The original issue of this Directive became effective on 17 March 2005.

Mike Higgins
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

8 March 2012