Dear Sir:
We CKK (China Cargo Airlines) have 18 PW4460(-3) on-wing engines with 4
spare engines and another 4 spare EECs in the stock.Totally,26 EECs were
affected by the propsed AD.
Most of EECs fall into Group 2(Pls find the attached Excel file for the details) ,and
our engines and EECs has been used over 15 years ,namely over 10000 cycles
since new.So we should replace most EECs of the on-wing engine per your
proposed AD in about 3 months,we connected Hamilton Sundstrand and they
informed us that it should take about 3 to 6 months include the transportation to
comply the inspection of the suspect PWM for one EEC.Then,it will definitely
cause AOG for our company .
So,we suggest that FAA can issue the AD refer the P&W SB PW4ENG 73-215,73-
216 to arrange the EEC fleet management ,besides,you can find in the SB that ”
Group 2”— EECs that have a LOW probability of containing faulty Pulse Width
Modulator (PWM) microcircuits,so we suggest FAA can deeply re-consider the
requirements and comply deadline .
Best Regards.
Xu Xiaojun
Engine Control Center.
Maintenance&Engineering Division,China Cargo Airlines Ltd.
Tel: 86-21-62683545
Fax: 86-21-62682643
Xiaojun Xu
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