[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 62466-62468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25253]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 199 / Monday, October 15, 2012 /
Proposed Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. FAA-2012-0946; Directorate Identifier 2012-CE-037-AD]
RIN 2120-AA64
Airworthiness Directives; GA200 (Pty) Ltd Airplanes
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all
GA200 (Pty) Ltd Models GA200 and GA200C airplanes that would revise an
existing AD. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing
airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of
another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an
aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as failure of
the wing strut bolt through the main spar. We are issuing this proposed
AD to require actions to address the unsafe condition on these
products.
DATES: We must receive comments on this proposed AD by November 29,
2012.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: (202) 493-2251.
Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
For service information identified in this proposed AD, contact
GippsAero, P.O. Box 881, Morwell, Victoria 3840, Australia, telephone:
+ 61 (0) 3 5172 1200; fax + 61 (0) 3 5172 1201; email:
[email protected]; Internet: www.gippsaero.com. You may review
copies of the referenced service information at the FAA, Small Airplane
Directorate, 901 Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. For information
on the availability of this material at the FAA, call (816) 329-4148.
Examining the AD Docket
You may examine the AD docket on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov; or in person at the Docket Management Facility
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The AD docket contains this proposed AD, the regulatory
evaluation, any comments received, and other information. The street
address for the Docket Office (telephone (800) 647-5527) is in the
ADDRESSES section. Comments will be available in the AD docket shortly
after receipt.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Rudolph, Aerospace Engineer, FAA,
Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri
64106; telephone: (816) 329-4059; fax: (816) 329-4090; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
We invite you to send any written relevant data, views, or
arguments about this proposed AD. Send your comments to an address
listed under the ADDRESSES section. Include ``Docket No. FAA-2012-0946;
Directorate Identifier 2012-CE-037-AD'' at the beginning of your
comments. We specifically invite comments on the overall regulatory,
economic, environmental, and energy aspects of this proposed AD. We
will consider all comments received by the closing date and may amend
this proposed AD because of those comments.
We will post all comments we receive, without change, to http://regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. We
will also post a report summarizing each substantive verbal contact we
receive about this proposed AD.
Discussion
On August 31, 2012, we issued AD 2012-18-10, Amendment 39-17187 (77
FR 55686, September 11, 2012). That AD required actions intended to
address an unsafe condition on the products listed above.
Since we issued AD 2012-18-10, Amendment 39-17187 (77 FR 55686,
September 11, 2012), the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), which
is the aviation authority for the Commonwealth of Australia, has issued
AD AD/GA200/1, Amendment 1, dated September 21, 2012 (referred to after
this as ``the MCAI''), to correct an unsafe condition for the specified
products. The MCAI states:
As a result of a reported case of failure of a strut on a GA200C
aircraft, GippsAero has issued a mandatory service bulletin to alert
operators and maintenance organisations and to provide inspection
and rectification actions.
This Airworthiness Directive makes this inspection and
rectification action mandatory. Failure to complete the actions
required by this service bulletin may result in wing strut bolt
failure, resulting in wing structural failure.
Amendment 1 is issued to revise the repeat inspection compliance
time to 500 hours (previously 100 hours). The requirement service
bulletin is also revised to provide a corrective action if the
inboard (upper) strut fitting hole is found to be larger than
specified. The initial inspection compliance time of 10 hours
remains unchanged.
This proposed AD would retain the actions required in AD 2012-18-
10, Amendment 39-17187 (77 FR 55686, September 11, 2012), change the
compliance time for the repetitive inspections, and incorporate the
revised service bulletin. You may obtain further information by
examining the MCAI in the AD docket.
Relevant Service Information
GippsAero has issued Mandatory Service Bulletin SB-GA200-2012-08,
Issue 2, dated September 4, 2012. The actions described in this service
information are intended to correct the unsafe condition identified in
the MCAI.
FAA's Determination and Requirements of the Proposed AD
This product has been approved by the aviation authority of another
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country, and is approved for operation in the United States. Pursuant
to our bilateral agreement with this State of Design Authority, they
have notified us of the unsafe condition described in the MCAI and
service information referenced above. We are proposing this AD because
we evaluated all information and determined the unsafe condition exists
and is likely to exist or develop on other products of the same type
design.
Costs of Compliance
We estimate that this proposed AD will affect 3 products of U.S.
registry. We also estimate that it would take about 2 work-hours per
product to comply with the basic requirements of this proposed AD. The
average labor rate is $85 per work-hour.
Based on these figures, we estimate the cost of the proposed AD on
U.S. operators to be $510, or $170 per product.
In addition, we estimate that any necessary follow-on actions would
take about 2 work-hours and require parts costing $400, for a cost of
$570 per product. We have no way of determining the number of products
that may need these actions.
Authority for This Rulemaking
Title 49 of the United States Code specifies the FAA's authority to
issue rules on aviation safety. Subtitle I, section 106, describes the
authority of the FAA Administrator. ``Subtitle VII: Aviation
Programs,'' describes in more detail the scope of the Agency's
authority.
We are issuing this rulemaking under the authority described in
``Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701: General
requirements.'' Under that section, Congress charges the FAA with
promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in air commerce by prescribing
regulations for practices, methods, and procedures the Administrator
finds necessary for safety in air commerce. This regulation is within
the scope of that authority because it addresses an unsafe condition
that is likely to exist or develop on products identified in this
rulemaking action.
Regulatory Findings
We determined that this proposed AD would not have federalism
implications under Executive Order 13132. This proposed AD would not
have a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship
between the national Government and the States, or on the distribution
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
For the reasons discussed above, I certify this proposed
regulation:
(1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive
Order 12866,
(2) Is not a ``significant rule'' under the DOT Regulatory Policies
and Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979),
(3) Will not affect intrastate aviation in Alaska, and
(4) Will not have a significant economic impact, positive or
negative, on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39
Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Incorporation by
reference, Safety.
The Proposed Amendment
Accordingly, under the authority delegated to me by the
Administrator, the FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 39 as follows:
PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
1. The authority citation for part 39 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701.
Sec. 39.13 [Amended]
2. The FAA amends Sec. 39.13 by removing Amendment 39-17187 (77 FR
55686, September 11, 2012), and adding the following new AD:
GA200 (Pty) Ltd: Docket No. FAA-2012-0946; Directorate
Identifier 2012-CE-037-AD.
(a) Comments Due Date
We must receive comments by November 29, 2012.
(b) Affected ADs
This AD revises AD 2012-18-10, Amendment 39-17187 (77 FR 55686,
September 11, 2012).
(c) Applicability
This AD applies to GA200 (Pty) Ltd Models GA200 and GA200C
airplanes, all serial numbers, certificated in any category.
(d) Subject
Air Transport Association of America (ATA) Code 57: Wings.
(e) Reason
This AD was prompted by mandatory continuing airworthiness
information (MCAI) issued by the aviation authority of another
country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation
product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as failure of the
wing strut bolt through the main spar. We are issuing this AD to
prevent failure of the wing strut bolt, which could result in wing
failure.
(f) Actions and Compliance
Unless already done, do the following actions.
(1) Within 10 hours time-in-service (TIS) after September 14,
2012 (the effective date retained from AD 2012-18-10, Amendment 39-
17187 (77 FR 55686, September 11, 2012)), inspect the inboard strut
fitting following GippsAero Mandatory Service Bulletin SB-GA200-
2012-08, Issue 1, dated August 22, 2012; or GippsAero Mandatory
Service Bulletin SB-GA200-2012-08, Issue 2, dated September 4, 2012.
Repetitively thereafter inspect at intervals not to exceed 500 hours
TIS following GippsAero Mandatory Service Bulletin SB-GA200-2012-08,
Issue 2, dated September 4, 2012.
(2) If the 100-hour TIS repetitive inspection previously
required in AD 2012-18-10, Amendment 39-17187 (77 FR 55686,
September 11, 2012) has already been done before the effective date
of this AD following GippsAero Mandatory Service Bulletin SB-GA200-
2012-08, Issue 1, dated August 22, 2012, the next required
inspections are due at intervals not to exceed 500 hours TIS after
the last inspection following GippsAero Mandatory Service Bulletin
SB-GA200-2012-08, Issue 2, dated September 4, 2012.
(3) If any discrepancies are found during any of the inspections
required by paragraphs (f)(1) and (f)(2) of this AD, before further
flight after the inspection in which the discrepancy is found, take
all necessary corrective actions following GippsAero Mandatory
Service Bulletin SB-GA200-2012-08, Issue 1, dated August 22, 2012;
or GippsAero Mandatory Service Bulletin SB-GA200-2012-08, Issue 2,
dated September 4, 2012.
(g) Other FAA AD Provisions
The following provisions also apply to this AD:
(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs): The Manager,
Standards Office, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this
AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. Send
information to ATTN: Doug Rudolph, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Small
Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri
64106; telephone: (816) 329-4059; fax: (816) 329-4090; email:
[email protected]. Before using any approved AMOC on any airplane
to which the AMOC applies, notify your appropriate principal
inspector (PI) in the FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO),
or lacking a PI, your local FSDO.
(2) Airworthy Product: For any requirement in this AD to obtain
corrective actions from a manufacturer or other source, use these
actions if they are FAA-approved. Corrective actions are considered
FAA-approved if they are approved by the State of Design Authority
(or their delegated agent). You are required to assure the product
is airworthy before it is returned to service.
(3) Reporting Requirements: For any reporting requirement in
this AD, a federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person
is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a
penalty for failure to comply with a collection of information
subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act unless
that
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collection of information displays a current valid OMB Control
Number. The OMB Control Number for this information collection is
2120-0056. Public reporting for this collection of information is
estimated to be approximately 5 minutes per response, including the
time for reviewing instructions, completing and reviewing the
collection of information. All responses to this collection of
information are mandatory. Comments concerning the accuracy of this
burden and suggestions for reducing the burden should be directed to
the FAA at: 800 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20591, Attn:
Information Collection Clearance Officer, AES-200.
(h) Related Information
Refer to MCAI Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) AD AD/
GA200/1, Amendment 1, dated September 21, 2012; GippsAero Mandatory
Service Bulletin SB-GA200-2012-08, Issue 1, dated August 22, 2012;
and GippsAero Mandatory Service Bulletin SB-GA200-2012-08, Issue 2,
dated September 4, 2012, for related information. For service
information related to this AD, contact GippsAero, P.O. Box 881,
Morwell, Victoria 3840, Australia, telephone: + 61 (0) 3 5172 1200;
fax + 61 (0) 3 5172 1201; email: [email protected]; Internet:
www.gippsaero.com. You may review copies of the referenced service
information at the FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust,
Kansas City, Missouri 64106. For information on the availability of
this material at the FAA, call (816) 329-4148.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 9, 2012.
Earl Lawrence,
Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
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