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Brett o
28th January 2010, 03:45 PM
A quick question if I may, and thank you in advance for your answers.

When a plane is due for a D check but it has had one ( or more) engines replaced previously with a newer engine are all the engines treated the same in the D check or does that replacement engine always have a different maintenance schedule for the rest of the planes life?

Brenden S
28th January 2010, 06:27 PM
Each engine has a different maintenance schedule with the exception on A checks where all engines on all jets are done at the same time. A engine may or may not have inspections/component replacements.

Raymond Rowe
28th January 2010, 07:00 PM
It has been common practice for airlines to pull a new engine and replce it with one from another aircraft.If an aircraft had to have a double engine change Eg 737 that would require a test flight..

Brett o
28th January 2010, 07:33 PM
Thanks guys

Mario Facchini
28th January 2010, 10:14 PM
Another question on Aircraft checks,

How often are the different levels of checks take place?

i was supprised to read in another thread that Wunalla dreaming was going in for it;s first d check.

Marty H
29th January 2010, 09:27 AM
Mario,

It all works on hours/cycles and aircraft has done so OEJ was delivered in 2003 so it has taken 6 and half years to get its cycles to have its first D check being a long haul aircraft it would be a low cycle (cycle being a one sector a take and then a landing) high hour aircraft, Vs your domestic B737 'taxi cab' which would be high cycle low hours.