68-22-02: Compressor Assemblies
FAA order 68-22-02 is an airworthiness directive in force since November 1, 1968. The FAA's subject line: Compressor Assemblies. It names the Rolls-Royce 250-C18, Rolls-Royce 250-C47 series engines: about 17 aircraft on the U.S. register today across them, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: engine.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Engine
- Makes
- Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Models
- 250-C10B (T63-A-5A), 250-C18, 250-C18A
- Engine series
- Rolls-Royce 250-C18 1 aircraft
Rolls-Royce 250-C47 series 16 aircraft
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- November 1, 1968
- Docket
- Unknown
- Status
- Current
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
The order itself the regulatory text, as published
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68-22-02 ALLISON: Applies to Model 250-C18, 250-C18A, and 250-C10B engines, to wit Allison Model 250-C18 engines having compressor assemblies installed with serial numbers prior to Serial Number CAC 21073; Model 250-C18A engines having compressor assemblies installed with serial numbers prior to Serial Numbers CAC 20202; and all Model 250-C10B engines. The Allison model engines to which this AD is applicable must be modified in accordance with Allison Commercial Engine Bulletin 250 CEB-51 and 250 CEB-52 dated October 16, 1968, on or before May 1, 1969. Until modified, the engines to which this AD is applicable may be operated provided:
(1) They are not operated with N1 (gas producer) rpm greater than 96.5 percent, except for "takeoff";
(2) Time operated at "takeoff" does not exceed two (2) minutes;
(3) The generator load does not exceed 60 amps when the engine is operating above 70 percent N1 rpm.*
NOTE:
This amendment becomes effective November 1, 1968.
*As a resultof these operating restrictions, the rotorcraft flight manual and certain power plant instrument markings for the Bell 206A, the Fairchild Hiller FH-1100, and the Hughes 369A and 369H helicopters in which these engines are installed may require modifications or the installation of suitable placards. The necessary information for such changes is available from the manufacturers of these helicopters.
Source: FAA Dynamic Regulatory System, airworthiness directives. The FAA's document is the authority; the register counts are this site's, from the FAA register of November 2, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/68-22-02.json · aircraft systems.
