Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company CF6 Series Turbofan Engines

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to General Electric Company (GE) CF6-45/-50 series turbofan engines, that requires reduction of the low cycle fatigue (LCF) retirement lives for certain high pressure turbine rotor (HPTR) stage 2 disks, and would provide a drawdown schedule for those affected parts with reduced LCF retirement lives. This amendment is prompted by the results of a refined life analysis performed by the manufacturer which revealed minimum calculated LCF lives significantly lower than published LCF retirement lives. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent a LCF failure of the HPTR stage 2 disk, which could result in an uncontained engine failure and damage to the aircraft.