AD 2005-10-16
Effective 06/03/2005 · Published 05/19/2005
Airworthiness Directives; General Electric (GE) CF6-80E1 Series Turbofan Engines
Summary
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for General Electric (GE) CF6-80E1 series turbofan engines that have an electronic control unit (ECU) with software version E.1.M. or earlier installed. This AD requires installing improved software for the ECU. This AD results from an uncommanded engine acceleration event caused by a failure of the ECU digital interface unit (DIU). We are issuing this AD to pre…