AC 33.87-1A

Advisory circular · Engine Overtorque Test, Calibration Test, Endurance Test, and Teardown Inspection for Turbine Engine Certification ( 33.84, 33.85, 33.87, 33.93)

Approved
March 9, 2015
Last reviewed
February 9, 2017
Cancels
AC33.87-1
Family
AC 33.87-1 · 2 versions
Revision
A
14 CFR parts
21, 33

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

Show pages 73–84

FAA and EASA standards and simplified airworthiness approvals for the import and export of turbopropeller and turboshaft engines with free power turbines.

(1) Added in § 1.1, General definitions, the maximum engine overtorque.

(2) Added new engine limitations in § 33.7(16) for transient engine overtorque and § 33.7(17) maximum engine overtorque for turbopropeller and turboshaft engines incorporating free power turbines.

(3) Added new section, § 33.84, engine overtorque test that contains requirements for testing performed under § 33.87 endurance test.

(4) Revised § 33.87(a)(8) by adding the transient engine overtorque.

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