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Transport Aircraft Division (MTAD), 

Integrated Customer Services (ICS), 

Technical Services, Avenida de Arago ́n 404, 

28022 Madrid, Spain; telephone +34 91 585 

55 84; fax +34 91 585 55 05; email 

MTA.TechnicalService@casa.eads.net; 

Internet http://www.eads.net. 

(4) You may view this service information 

at the FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 425–227–1221. 

(5) You may view this service information 

that is incorporated by reference at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For information on 

the availability of this material at NARA, call 

202–741–6030, or go to: http://

www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibrlocations.html. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on March 

24, 2016. 

Michael Kaszycki, 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–07572 Filed 4–8–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–5813; Directorate 

Identifier 2014–NM–111–AD; Amendment 

39–18460; AD 2016–07–15] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Dassault 

Aviation Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

Dassault Aviation Model FALCON 7X 

airplanes. This AD was prompted by a 

fuel leak that occurred in the baggage 

compartment during fuel system 

pressurization. This AD requires 

opening the fuel boxes and restoring the 

sealing. We are issuing this AD to 

prevent failure of a connector or 

coupling on a fuel line, which, in 

combination with a leak in the 

corresponding enclosure (i.e., fuel box), 

could result in a fire in the baggage 

compartment and affect the safe flight of 

the airplane. 

DATES: This AD is effective May 16, 

2016. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of a certain publication listed in this AD 

as of May 16, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: For service information 

identified in this final rule, contact 

Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation, 

Teterboro Airport, P.O. Box 2000, South 

Hackensack, NJ 07606; telephone 201– 

440–6700; Internet http://

www.dassaultfalcon.com. You may 

view this referenced service information 

at the FAA, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 

Renton, WA. For information on the 

availability of this material at the FAA, 

call 425–227–1221. It is also available 

on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2015– 

5813. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2015– 

5813; 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 AD, the regulatory 

evaluation, any comments received, and 

other information. The street address for 

the Docket Office (telephone 800–647– 

5527) is Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Rodriguez, Aerospace Engineer, 

International Branch, ANM–116, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 

98057–3356; telephone (425) 227–1137; 

fax (425) 227–1149. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion 

We issued a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR 

part 39 by adding an AD that would 

apply to certain Dassault Aviation 

Model FALCON 7X airplanes. The 

NPRM published in the Federal 

Register on November 27, 2015 (80 FR 

74056) (‘‘the NPRM’’). The NPRM was 

prompted by a fuel leak that occurred in 

the baggage compartment during fuel 

system pressurization. The NPRM 

proposed to require opening the fuel 

boxes and restoring the sealing. We are 

issuing this AD to detect and correct 

failure of a connector or coupling on a 

fuel line, which, in combination with a 

leak in the corresponding enclosure 

(i.e., fuel box), could result in a fire in 

the baggage compartment and affect the 

safe flight of the airplane. 

The European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA), which is the Technical Agent 

for the Member States of the European 

Union, has issued EASA Airworthiness 

Directive 2014–0116, dated May 13, 

2014 (referred to after this as the 

Mandatory Continuing Airworthiness 

Information, or ‘‘the MCAI’’), to correct 

an unsafe condition for certain Dassault 

Aviation Model FALCON 7X airplanes. 

The MCAI states: 

During the fuel system pressurization of a 

production line Falcon 7X aeroplane, a fuel 

leak occurred in the baggage compartment. 

The technical investigations concluded that a 

double failure of a connector (or coupling) on 

a fuel line, in combination with a defective 

fuel tightness of the corresponding enclosure 

(fuel box), caused the leak. 

Failure of the second barrier (fuel box) is 

a dormant failure, as this will only manifest 

itself in case of connector (or fuel pipe 

coupling) failure in flight. 

This condition, if not corrected, could 

result in a fire in the baggage compartment, 

which would affect the aeroplane safe flight. 

To address this potential unsafe condition, 

Dassault Aviation issued Service Bulletin 

(SB) F7X–284, which provides instructions to 

restore the sealing of the Left Hand (LH) and 

Right Hand (RH) fuel boxes. 

For the reasons described above, this 

[EASA] AD requires opening of the fuel 

boxes and restoration of the sealing of the 

fuel boxes to meet the initial design 

specifications. 

You may examine the MCAI in the 

AD docket on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2015– 

5813. 

Comments 

We gave the public the opportunity to 

participate in developing this AD. We 

received no comments on the NPRM or 

on the determination of the cost to the 

public. 

Conclusion 

We reviewed the relevant data and 

determined that air safety and the 

public interest require adopting this AD 

as proposed, except for minor editorial 

changes. We have determined that these 

minor changes: 

• Are consistent with the intent that 

was proposed in the NPRM for 

correcting the unsafe condition; and 

• Do not add any additional burden 

upon the public than was already 

proposed in the NPRM. 

Related Service Information Under 1 

CFR Part 51 

We reviewed Dassault Service 

Bulletin 7X–284, Revision 1, dated 

April 8, 2014. The service information 

describes procedures for opening the 

fuel boxes and restoring the sealing. 

This service information is reasonably 

available because the interested parties 

have access to it through their normal 


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course of business or by the means 

identified in the ADDRESSES section. 

Costs of Compliance 

We estimate that this AD affects 39 

airplanes of U.S. registry. 

We also estimate that it will take 

about 16 work-hours per product to 

comply with the basic requirements of 

this AD. The average labor rate is $85 

per work-hour. Required parts are 

negligible. Based on these figures, we 

estimate the cost of this AD on U.S. 

operators to be $53,040, or $1,360 per 

product. 

According to the manufacturer, all of 

the costs of this AD may be covered 

under warranty, thereby reducing the 

cost impact on affected individuals. We 

do not control warranty coverage for 

affected individuals. As a result, we 

have included all costs in our cost 

estimate. 

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 AD will not 

have federalism implications under 

Executive Order 13132. This AD will 

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 that this AD: 

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. 

Adoption of the Amendment 

Accordingly, under the authority 

delegated to me by the Administrator, 

the FAA amends 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. 

§ 39.13 [Amended] 

■ 2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding 

the following new airworthiness 

directive (AD): 

2016–07–15 Dassault Aviation: 

Amendment 39–18460. Docket No. 

FAA–2015–5813; Directorate Identifier 

2014–NM–111–AD. 

(a) Effective Date 

This AD is effective May 16, 2016. 

(b) Affected ADs 

None. 

(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to Dassault Aviation 

Model FALCON 7X airplanes, certificated in 

any category, serial numbers (S/Ns) 1 through 

140 inclusive, S/Ns 142 through 156 

inclusive, S/Ns 158 through 176 inclusive, S/ 

Ns 178 through 181 inclusive, and S/N 183, 

184, 187, 188, 190, 194, and 200. 

(d) Subject 

Air Transport Association (ATA) of 

America Code 28, Fuel. 

(e) Reason 

This AD was prompted by a fuel leak that 

occurred in the baggage compartment during 

fuel system pressurization. We are issuing 

this AD to prevent failure of a connector or 

coupling on a fuel line, which, in 

combination with a leak in the corresponding 

enclosure (i.e., fuel box), could result in a fire 

in the baggage compartment and affect the 

safe flight of the airplane. 

(f) Compliance 

Comply with this AD within the 

compliance times specified, unless already 

done. 

(g) Open the Fuel Box and Restore the 

Sealing 

Within 98 months after the effective date 

of this AD, open the left-hand and right-hand 

fuel boxes and restore the sealing, in 

accordance with the Accomplishment 

Instructions of Dassault Service Bulletin 7X– 

284, Revision 1, dated April 8, 2014. 

(h) Other FAA AD Provisions 

The following provisions also apply to this 

AD: 

(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs): The Manager, International 

Branch, ANM–116, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, FAA, has the authority to 

approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. 

In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your 

request to your principal inspector or local 

Flight Standards District Office, as 

appropriate. If sending information directly 

to the International Branch, send it to ATTN: 

Tom Rodriguez, Aerospace Engineer, 

International Branch, ANM–116, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, FAA, 1601 Lind 

Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057–3356; 

telephone (425) 227–1137; fax (425) 227– 

1149. Information may be emailed to: 9- 

ANM-116-AMOC-REQUESTS@faa.gov. 

Before using any approved AMOC, notify 

your appropriate principal inspector, or 

lacking a principal inspector, the manager of 

the local flight standards district office/

certificate holding district office. The AMOC 

approval letter must specifically reference 

this AD. 

(2) Contacting the Manufacturer: For any 

requirement in this AD to obtain corrective 

actions from a manufacturer, the action must 

be accomplished using a method approved 

by the Manager, International Branch, ANM– 

116, Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA; or 

the European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA); or Dassault Aviation’s EASA Design 

Organization Approval (DOA). If approved by 

the DOA, the approval must include the 

DOA-authorized signature. 

(i) Related Information 

Refer to Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information (MCAI) EASA 

Airworthiness Directive 2014–0116, dated 

May 13, 1014, for related information. This 

MCAI may be found in the AD docket on the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching for and locating Docket No. FAA– 

2015–5813. 

(j) Material Incorporated by Reference 

(1) The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

(IBR) of the service information listed in this 

paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR 

part 51. 

(2) You must use this service information 

as applicable to do the actions required by 

this AD, unless this AD specifies otherwise. 

(i) Dassault Service Bulletin 7X–284, 

Revision 1, dated April 8, 2014. 

(ii) Reserved. 

(3) For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Dassault Falcon Jet 

Corporation, Teterboro Airport, P.O. Box 

2000, South Hackensack, NJ 07606; 

telephone 201–440–6700; Internet http://

www.dassaultfalcon.com. 

(4) You may view this service information 

at the FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 425–227–1221. 


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(5) You may view this service information 

that is incorporated by reference at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For information on 

the availability of this material at NARA, call 

202–741–6030, or go to: http://

www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibrlocations.html. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on March 

25, 2016. 

Michael Kaszycki, 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–07571 Filed 4–8–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–1277; Directorate 

Identifier 2014–NM–155–AD; Amendment 

39–18459; AD 2016–07–14] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus 

Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 

series airplanes. This AD is intended to 

complete certain mandated programs 

intended to support the airplane 

reaching its limit of validity (LOV) of 

the engineering data that support the 

established structural maintenance 

program. This AD was prompted by 

fatigue testing that determined fatigue 

damage could appear on clips, shear 

webs, and angles at certain rear fuselage 

sections and certain frames. This AD 

requires replacing the clips, shear webs, 

and angles, including doing all 

applicable related investigative actions, 

and repair if necessary. We are issuing 

this AD to prevent fatigue damage on 

the clips, shear webs, and angles; such 

damage could affect the structural 

integrity of the airplane. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective May 

16, 2016. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of a certain publication listed in this AD 

as of May 16, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: For service information 

identified in this final rule, contact 

Airbus, Airworthiness Office—EIAS, 1 

Rond Point Maurice Bellonte, 31707 

Blagnac Cedex, France; telephone +33 5 

61 93 36 96; fax +33 5 61 93 44 51; email 

account.airworth-eas@airbus.com; 

Internet http://www.airbus.com. You 

may view this referenced service 

information at the FAA, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue 

SW., Renton, WA. For information on 

the availability of this material at the 

FAA, call 425–227–1221. It is also 

available on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2015– 

1277. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2015– 

1277; 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 AD, the regulatory 

evaluation, any comments received, and 

other information. The street address for 

the Docket Operations office (telephone 

800–647–5527) is in the ADDRESSES

section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sanjay Ralhan, Aerospace Engineer, 

International Branch, ANM–116, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 

98057–3356; telephone 425–227–1405; 

fax 425–227–1149. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion 

We issued a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR 

part 39 by adding an AD that would 

apply to certain Airbus Model A319, 

A320, and A321 series airplanes. The 

NPRM published in the Federal 

Register on May 8, 2015 (80 FR 26487) 

(‘‘the NPRM’’). 

The European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA), which is the Technical Agent 

for the Member States of the European 

Union, has issued EASA Airworthiness 

Directive 2014–0177, dated July 25, 

2014 (referred to after this as the 

Mandatory Continuing Airworthiness 

Information, or ‘‘the MCAI’’), to correct 

an unsafe condition for certain Airbus 

Model A319, A320, and A321 series 

airplanes. The MCAI states: 

During the A320 fatigue test campaign for 

Extended Service Goal (ESG), it was 

determined that fatigue damage could appear 

on the clips, shear webs and angles at rear 

fuselage section 19, on Frame (FR) 72 and 

FR74. 

This condition, if not detected and 

corrected, could affect the structural integrity 

of the aeroplane. 

To address this potential unsafe condition, 

Airbus developed a modification, which has 

been published through Airbus Service 

Bulletin (SB) A320–53–1266 for in-service 

application to allow aeroplanes to operate up 

to the new ESG limit. 

For the reasons described above, this 

[EASA] AD requires replacement of the 

affected clips, shear webs and angles at rear 

fuselage section 19, FR72 and FR74 

[including all applicable related investigative 

actions and repair if any cracking is found]. 

Related investigative actions include 

rotating probe testing for cracking of the 

fastener holes and high frequency eddy 

current inspections for cracking of the 

stringers. You may examine the MCAI 

in the AD docket on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov by searching 

for and locating Docket No. FAA–2015– 

1277. 

Actions Since NPRM was Issued 

Since the NPRM was issued, Airbus 

has issued Airbus Service Bulletin 

A320–53–1266, Revision 03, dated May 

7, 2015. We have revised paragraph (g) 

of this AD to reference this revised 

service information. We have revised 

paragraph (i) of this AD to give credit for 

actions done before the effective date of 

this AD using the following service 

information. 

• Airbus Service Bulletin A320–53– 

1266, dated January 11, 2013. 

• Airbus Service Bulletin A320–53– 

1266, Revision 01, dated June 20, 2013. 

• Airbus Service Bulletin A320–53– 

1266, Revision 02, dated August 13, 

2014. 

Comments 

We gave the public the opportunity to 

participate in developing this AD. The 

following presents the comments 

received on the NPRM and the FAA’s 

response to each comment. 

Support for the NPRM 

An anonymous commenter provided 

support for the NPRM. 

Request To Omit Part Replacement 

Requirement 

United Airlines requested that we 

revise paragraph (h) of the proposed AD 

to omit the additional part replacement. 

United Airlines noted that paragraph (h) 

of the proposed AD states that the 

replacement of clips, shear webs, and 

angles must be accomplished again 

before 30,000 flight cycles or 60,000 

flight hours, whichever occurs first, if 

the replacement was accomplished 

before 30,000 flight cycles or 60,000 

flight hours, whichever occurred first 

from airplane’s first flight. The 

commenter stated that this paragraph 

suggests that the installation of new 

parts does not constitute terminating 

action. The commenter expressed that 

paragraph (g) of the proposed AD has no 

repetitive requirement for replacement 


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