AC 33-9

Advisory circular · Developing Data for Major Repairs of Turbine Engine Parts

Approved
April 30, 2010
Last reviewed
September 27, 2018
Family
AC 33-9 · 1 version
14 CFR parts
33, 34, 43

Guidance, not mandatory unless a rule or AD requires it. DRS record last changed October 23, 2026.

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CATEGORIES OF REPAIR Req No.

Repair Design Requirements to be Identified and Substantiated. Repair Properties and Requirements to be Identified and Substantiated.

2. Select all mechanical, metallurgical, and physical properties of the part affected by the repair design and assess their impact on the part’s airworthiness:

Mechanical Properties:

a. Stress-Strain

b. Fracture Toughness

c. Fatigue Strength (S-N, Goodman, dwell time)

d. Creep

e. Tensile Properties (yield, strength, elongation)

f. Hardness

g. Young’s Modulus

h. Natural Frequencies Metallurgical Properties:

i. Chemical Composition (alloy constituents)

j. Microstructure (grain size – shape - boundary precipitates, gamma prime size and volume fraction, etc.)

k. Melting Point

l. Corrosion Resistance

m. Oxidation Resistance

n. Wear Resistance (consider wear types in (1)(e))

o. Crack Propagation Rate Physical Properties:

p. Density (weight)

q. Coefficient of Thermal Expansion

r. Refractive Index (X-Rays)

s. Center of Gravity

t. Polar Moment of Inertia

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Repair Design Requirements to be Identified and Substantiated. Repair Properties and Requirements to be Identified and Substantiated.

3. Select all Material Properties/Characteristics for weldments or brazed joints that apply and evaluate them and their interface with the parent metal. The effect of any changes to the part’s metallurgy as a result of welds or braze should be evaluated for airworthiness.

a. Microstructure (grain size, grain shape, grain boundary precipitates, gamma prime size and volume fraction, etc.)

b. Porosity (weldment)

c. Diffusion Zone (brazing)

d. Heat Affected Zone (welding)

4. Coating & Plating Material Properties Characteristics & Processes:

a. Deposited Material Composition

b. Thickness, Coverage & Uniformity

c. Microstructure

d. Hardness

e. Sintering

f. Strip Process

g. Residual Stress

h. Lubricant Properties

i. Spalling Resistance

j. Thermal Resistance

k. Erosion Resistance

l. Bonding (Interface Contamination)

m. Environmental Resistance

n. Diffusion Zone

o. Hydrogen Embrittlement Free (Plating)

p. Compatibility With Base Material

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Repair Design Requirements to be Identified and Substantiated. Repair Properties and Requirements to be Identified and Substantiated.

5. Select Surface Treatment that applies (without material removal) and evaluate effect(s), if any, on airworthiness:

a. Burnishing

b. Peening

c. Butterfly Polish

d. Mass Media Finishing

6. Evaluate any degradation in the part’s function or durability due to the following processes, when applicable, and assess its impact, if any, on existing ICAs.

a. Machining, Milling, Broaching, or Grinding

b. Non-traditional Machining

c. Welding, Brazing or Coating

d. Straightening, Re-twisting, Reforming

e. Blending

f. Honing

g. Lapping

h. Grit Blast

i. Stripping

j. Cleaning (Chemical, power flash, Ultrasonic)

k. Residual Plating, Stripping, or Cleaning Agents

l. Stress Intensity Factor (Kt)

m. Heat Treatment (time, temp, atmosphere, etc.)

n. Plating

o. Dimensional Short-falls

p. Repetitive or Conflicting Repairs

q. Contamination

7. Establish the Applicability of the Repair and the Repair Processing Sequence or evaluate any changes to an existing repair sequence for potential impact on the airworthiness of the part.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Critical Measurable Characteristics

8. Select all that may be potentially affected by the repair design and evaluate system effect(s):

a. Structural Strength, including major load paths

b. Heat Transfer

c. Secondary Airflow

d. Aerodynamics

e. Weight

f. Center of Gravity

g. Moment of Weight

9. Establish Measurable Characteristics and the allowable tolerances for the repaired part features and for any replacement detail(s) and give due consideration to mating part(s):

a. Surface finish/texture

b. Shotpeen Intensity/Coverage

c. Bearing bore dimensions and location characteristics

d. Pressure Strength Test

e. Flow Capacity test

f. Dimensions, including heat distortion effects  Roundness  Flatness  Parallelism  Concentricity  True Position Tolerances  Edge Distance  Requirements  Finish Dimensions Requirements

g. Airfoil Profile

h. Leading & Trailing Edge Contours

i. Concave & Convex Contours

j. Thickness

k. Chord & Tip Length

l. Twist/Lean/Bow

Critical Measurable Characteristics

10. Outer Band Rail Functional Fit

11. Inner Band Arc Length

12. Outer Band to Inner Band Dim Relationship

13. Assembled Honeycomb Inner Radius

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Repair Properties and Requirements to be Identified and Substantiated.

9 Repair Process Capability Technical Substantiation Requirements

14. Verification Plan with Significant Operations Identified for Repair Source Qualification

15. Process Demonstration (including variability requirements)

16. Part Demonstration/Inspection

17. Manufacturing requirements for fabrication of repair details or replacement sections used to accomplish repair:

 Drawings/Specifications  Quality Requirements  Source Substantiation Requirements

Applicable 14 CFR Part 33 Requirements

Subpart A – General

18. 33.4 Instructions for Continuous Airworthiness (ICA's)

19. 33.5 Instruction manual for installing and operating the engine

20. 33.7 Engine ratings and operating limitations

21. 33.8 Selection of engine power and thrust ratings

Subpart B – Design and Construction;

General

22. 33.14 Start-stop cyclic stress (low cycle fatigue)

23. 33.15 Materials

24. 33.17 Fire prevention

25. 33.19 Durability (Note that 33.19 is associated with 33.27; 33.63; 33.83; 33.87;

33.88; and 33.90)

26. 33.21 Engine cooling

27. 33.23 Engine mounting attachments and structure

28. 33.25 Accessory attachments

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9 Repair Process Capability Technical Substantiation Requirements

Subpart B – Design and Construction;

General

29. 33.27 Turbine, compressor, fan, and turbosupercharger

30. 33.28 Electrical and electronic control systems

31. 33.29 Instrument connection Subpart E – Design and Construction;

Turbine Aircraft Engines

32. 33.62 Stress analysis

33. 33.63 Vibration

34. 33.65 Surge and stall characteristics (Note 2)

35. 33.66 Bleed air system

36. 33.67 Fuel system

37. 33.68 Induction system icing (operability aspects) (Note 2)

38. 33.69 Ignitions system

39. 33.71 Lubrication system

40. 33.72 Hydraulic actuating systems

41. 33.73 Power or thrust response

42. 33.74 Continued rotation

43. 33.75 Safety analysis

44. 33.76 Bird ingestion (operability aspects of ingestion)

45. 33.77 Foreign object ingestion (operability aspects of ingestion)

46. 33.78 Rain and hail ingestion

47. 33.79 Fuel burning thrust augmentor Subpart F – Block Tests; Turbine Aircraft Engines

48. 33.83 Vibration test

55. 33.85 Calibration tests

49. 33.87 Endurance test

50. 33.88 Engine overtemperature test

51. 33.89 Operation test (Note 2)

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52. 33.90 Initial maintenance inspection

53. 33.91 Engine component tests (HCF/LCF bench testing)

54. 33.92 Rotor locking tests

55. 33.93 Teardown inspection

56. 33.94 Blade containment and rotor unbalance tests (weight changes)

57. 33.95 Engine-propeller system tests

58. 33.96 Engine tests in auxiliary power unit (APU) mode

59. 33.97 Thrust reversers

60. 33.99 General conduct of block tests Part 33 -Appendix A – Instructions for Continued Airworthiness

Part 33 -Appendix B- Certification Standard Atmospheric Concentrations of Rain and Hail

Part 34 – Exhaust Emissions

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REPAIR SUBSTANTIATION CHECKLIST –LOW PRESSURE COMPRESSOR (LPC) – HIGH PRESSER COMPRESSOR (HPC) STATOR PART FAMILY – FIXED VANE TYPE STATORS (CANTILEVERED AT O.D.)

Categories of LPC-HPC Stator Repair. Determine which repair description best fits the repair proposal based. If no repair description is appropriate, contact the FAA Advisor for guidance.

CATEGORIES

OF REPAIRS

REPAIR DESCRIPTION

1. Dimensional Restoration by Coating or Plating

2. Weld or Braze Repair  This repair excludes detail part replacement

3. Blend Repair

4. Surface Treatment Repair  This repair includes peening, vibratory tumble (e.g.; restoration of surface finish/texture)

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Repair Design Requirements to be Identified and Substantiated. Repair Properties and Requirements to be Identified and Substantiated.

1. Applicable Degradation Modes: Select all that apply based on the function of the part and its operating environment in the engine.

This section provides the background for establishing the substantiation requirements.

a. Thermo-mechanical fatigue

b. Oxidation

c. Corrosion

d. Elevated temperature-induced changes (creep, diffusion, ageing, temperature gradients)

e. Wear due to: adhesion, abrasion, corrosion, erosion, cavitation, fretting, oxidation

f. High-cycle fatigue

g. Rubbing, foreign object impact damage, O3 chemical attack, etc.

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Repair Design Requirements to be Identified and Substantiated. Repair Properties and Requirements to be Identified and Substantiated.

2. Select all mechanical, metallurgical, and physical properties of the part affected by the repair design and assess their impact on the part’s airworthiness:

Mechanical Properties:

a. Stress-Strain

b. Fracture Toughness

c. Fatigue Strength (S-N, Goodman, Dwell Time)

d. Creep

e. Tensile Properties (Yield, Strength, Elongation)

f. Hardness

g. Young’s Modulus

h. Natural Frequencies

Metallurgical Properties:

i. Chemical Composition (Alloy constituents)

j. Microstructure (grain size – shape - boundary precipitates, gamma prime size and volume fraction, etc.)

k. Melting Point

l. Corrosion Resistance

m. Oxidation Resistance

n. Wear Resistance (Consider wear types in (1)(e))

o. Crack Propagation Rate

Physical Properties:

p. Density (weight)

q. Coefficient of Thermal Expansion

r. Refractive Index (X-Rays)

s. Center of Gravity

t. Polar Moment of Inertia

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CATEGORIES OF REPAIR Req No.

Repair Design Requirements to be Identified and Substantiated. Repair Properties and Requirements to be Identified and Substantiated.

3. Select all Material Properties/Characteristics for weldments or brazed joints that apply and evaluate them and their interface with the parent metal. The effect of any changes to the part’s metallurgy as a result of welds or braze should be evaluated for airworthiness.

a. Microstructure (grain size, grain shape, grain boundary precipitates, gamma prime size and volume fraction, etc.)

b. Porosity (weldment)

c. Diffusion Zone (brazing)

d. Heat Affected Zone (welding)

4. Select all Coating Properties/Characteristics that apply and evaluate them and their interface with the parent metal. The effect of any changes to the part’s physical and operational capability as a result of the coating should be evaluated for airworthiness.

a. Coating Material Composition

b. Thickness, Coverage & Uniformity

c. Coating and Diffusion Zone Microstructure

d. Coating Hardness

e. Sintering

f. Strip Requirements/Process

g. Residual Stress

h. Resistance to Spalling

i. Thermal Resistance (coefficient of thermal expansion for the coating)

j. Erosion Resistance

k. Bonding (interface contamination)

l. Hydrogen Embrittlement (plating)

m. Compatibility with Base Material/Other Coatings

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Repair Properties & Requirement to be Identified and Substantiated.

5. Select Surface Treatment that applies (without material removal) and evaluate effect(s), if any, on airworthiness:

a. Burnishing

b. Peening

c. Butterfly Polish

d. Mass Media Finishing

6. Evaluate any degradation in the part’s function or durability due to the following processes, when applicable, and assess its impact, if any, on existing ICAs.

a. Machining, Milling, Broaching, or Grinding

b. Non-traditional Machining

c. Welding, Brazing or Coating

d. Straightening, Re-twisting, Reforming

e. Blending

f. Honing

g. Lapping

h. Grit Blast

i. Stripping

j. Cleaning (Chemical, power flash, Ultrasonic)

k. Residual Plating, Stripping, or Cleaning Agents

l. Stress Intensity Factor (Kt)

m. Heat Treatment (time, temp, atmosphere, etc.)

n. Plating

o. Dimensional Short-falls

p. Repetitive or Conflicting Repairs Contamination