9658 Federal Register 1Vol. 72. No. 421 Monday, March 5, 20071 Rules and Regulations

under the criteria of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act.

We prepared a regulatory evaluation

of the estimated costs to compl}' with

this AD and pl<lced it in the AD Docket.

examining the AU Uocket

Yuu 1IJ,11!f!Xamillll the AD dockut UI1

till' Illtul'n~tHt III!p;/!rfm~'.r1()l.gov: or ill

persall 1'\1tile Docket Mall<lgement

f:aci!ity betw(J(:lil U a,m, and 5 p,m ..

Monday thn,mgh FI·iday. exc8pll'I;)derai

holidavs. The AD ducket tuntains the

NPj{M~ !.he regulatory evalUiltiotl. any

comments receivl:!d. and other

information. The street address for the

Dockel Office (telephone (BOO) 647-

5227J is in the ADDRESSES section.

Comments will be ilvailable in the flyer

ducket shor1ly after receipt.

Lisl ofSubjl.,<:IS in)4 CFR Pari J9

Air tnmsportaliUlI. AircrHft. AI'iati()n

s1'\fety. 111L:orpor~tioll by reference.

Sat'ety.

Adoplion oftlill Amendrmmt

IIIAccordingly, unJer the anthority

delegated to me hv the Administrator.

the Ff\A <ll1ltmd~14 CFK pari 3U as

folluws:

PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS

DIRECTIVES

• 1. The authurity citation for pari J!J

r:onlinues to read as follows:

Authorily:14u U.S.C. 101ilj;). 'lUll:!. 447Ul.

§39.13 {AmendedJ

III2, The F]I <I111ends!i 3\).1::1 by adding

the followil g 1101'1AlJ:

Z()D7-U5--U:J Alllh~ Avi~tion llcsign Limil",1

(Type C,{tiJit,;"te No. A48EU previousty

held by 'l~PlCXAirt,;,all and AVtuNS

I'IERRE KUHIN): Amendment :J9-14illH:

Oot,;ket t'io. I"AA-2006 -2649:J:

Dlreeturitc l(h'lltifi"r 2()()!:i-eE-711-AlJ.

Effer:li"e Date

(a) "l'his airworthillt ..":Ssdin.'ctivc (AD)

t\Cl;omcs "ff~·t:live I\pril 9. :W07.

AfTeded ADS

Ih) NOlle.

API,lic"bility

kJ This 1\0 applieS to Mut.lel R216U

airpl"nes. srJri"lnu,,,IJ,,rs t through :1711.thul:

(1) ,\m wrlifk"Wd in "ny c~l\)gory: unO

(2) Du nul h",'e Hubi" Avialion

MIJc111'ic,iI;ulINO.14 hJol ')hnt ,uITCutllt'vl

Pml'!cluf'illSllllletl,

R""son

[t1)Tlw 1I"",d"lnry eulililloiJlg

ai"vOI'thin"ss i"I'Oflll"tiun ("-lCAI) st~h,s:

All 0(;"""""':" "r ;nudvertmil maniput"tiotl

of the fud shul·off cl)lItrol has beeu rul'urtcd_

Actions and Cumplianct'

(el Do the follo",ing uclions. unl[!s~'"lfI.'Qdy

dum:: Within the Ilext 200 hum, time·illservice ancr J\pril9, 2007 (thc effccti,·.., date

uf lhis AD). install a protm::tor on the fuel

shut-uff r:oulrul ilCI:urding lu th" instrucliollS

ut' Kubin A vi~1iVI' Imperative Servk"

Bullctin Nu, lHU. dut,)!1 M<ln:h 20, 2001.

FAA AD Dirr~ •.•mees

Nule: 'l'ili, AU dilTersl"rom the MeAl fllld/

ur scrvi"e in!'ut",,,ti..,,, uS fulluw", Nu

diITereflt'''s,

Olher FAA All I'nl\'isions

(Il The (ol/owing provi~'ions u/so upply lu

lhis AD:

(l) il/lvrnutivl: M"lhods o{('bmplimlce

(A.\.1O(.SJ:The Mallager, Standards Slaff,

FAA_ Small t\irplallc Directurat". klTN: Karl

S"hl"t'lhaulll. AllrOSpaL"CEnginl!l,lr. 9tll

LOl:llSL Huom ~01. Kansas Cit),. Missuuri

64106: lc1"phollc: (81 ti) 329-4146: (ux: (816)

:JZ9--4U90. haslhe iluthurity to approve

AMUCs for this AD, if rClJuesh:d using the

proeml"res found ;1114 Cl-'R ~!J.E.l,

\2) l1invurll1y Pmdll1;!, For (lI'Y ruqo iruJIlcut

in lhi, AU lu ulJtilin correcli,"C actions I'rum

a 1Jl,IJl"r~];llLnjr uf' <Jthe!' ,(JUf]:", uselhl),\)

ue!i(JJlS jf thuy aru t'A,\·ap]JnJvlld. Curw~live

aC!iollS am l;unsi,1tlrml FAt\·uppwved if they

aft) appru~ed by the ::itate or Design Authority

[ur thcir delegated agent). You arc required

tu assure the produr:t is airwurthy befure it

is ",turned to ~ervice.

{3J R"porung Heq<Jiromrmis: for any

reporting requirelllcnt in this ;\0. undcr th"

provisions nf thc P"I,erwurk Reduction Act

(44 USC_ 350t vI .~vq.l.thc OJTice uf

M'""'gcmellt "nd nudget (OMH) has

approved Ih" in!'ol"lllijtiun collectiun

requirements and hus assigned OMIl Control

Numbcr ~ 12O-UOt>t;.

Related Infunn ••Hun

(gl Rnfcr lu MeAl Civil Aviatiun Aullwrily

AD lJCA/R~UIJIJ/:12. t,:IIediv\! D"l<J: J"t1~ :W,

Willi, 1"u"reluled i"I"Ul""'Hli"ll,

Matel'i~1 Incorpurated by Refereru;e

(h) You filllSt USe Robin Aviation

tmpi}r~livlJ ::iervit,;e Uul!"tin Nu. 18U. d<lted

March 20. ZUOt. tu do tllll actiuns required by

this AD. unlP.,ss the All s]Jccifies uthcrwiw.

(1) The Director of lhi} Fedcml R"'!Iister

apprO"ed the int,;urporalinn by rEferenl;e uf

this scrvicc infurlllulioll under 5 U.::i.£;.

552(aJ and 1 CFR part 5l.

12) for service infurrn"lion identified in

lhis ,\0. cunt"d I\ll'ha Aviatiun Uesign

Limited. tnghHHl l{u~d, llurniltun Airpurt.

fUJ,2, JImllillol1 l02U, New Zealand,

[~) Yuu IIHlY"evicw cupies "lthe fe,\A.

Central Regiun, 01'11(:""f tilo Rogiunal

CuulJsel, \JlJl LUI:IISt. Roum 51)1;,KHI'~l!SCity.

Misoolll"i f;4 t OUt(I" "I lhe N"liull"l AI'[.:hivo;~

and !{e(;ords Administratiun (NAKAI. For

lllfunnaliou ull tile ijv<lilHbility vi' this

lllllteria! "t NI\I{A. Gall 2U2-J.J1-fi03U. ur gu

tll: hit p,II"'''"lI'.rm:hi Hls.govlfudufU/.rogislvr!

c{r/ibr-ICJCt1/ iUSIS.hlll.l.

Issued in Kansas City, MU;suuri. Un

February 2Z. 2007.

Kim Smilh.

MOllui,'Or, Smull Airl'/(1IH) UiI'l._"C/orul". Ilin:ru{1

CerlijiGu/ioll Sen.·i(:r!.

IFR Doc. E7-3475 Fil",J 3-~--o7: H:4~ ami

B'LL'NGCOOE4~1~•.13-P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No_ FAA-2006-26684: Direclorale

tdentlfieI2006-NM-193-AD; Amendment

39--14369; AD 2007--05-08]

RtN 212o-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model

A330 and A340 Airplanes

AGENCY: FedilraJ Aviation

Administ.ration [FAA).1Jepartmelll or

Trall~purt~ti()11 IUOT),

ACTtON: Fil1fll nilI:',

SUMMARY: The FAA is adoplillg a IIUW

airworthine~s di1'E,lttivl:' [AU] for all

Airbu~ Mood A:130 <lnd A::140 <.lil'jJl'llles,

This AD rl:'quir~s revising the

Airworthiness I.ilUit~tions sectioll ()r th~

!nslrucliOllS for Continued

Airworthiness by incorpordtillg new and

revised certification mainteIl(llll;e

requirements [CMI{.o;). This AD results

from the manufacturer's determination

that addition'll and revised CMKs are

necessary ill order to ensure t::olllinuild

operatioll;t1 sarety of the aITected

airplancs. We ;Ire issuing tbis AU lu

prevent s,lfety-sigllific8nt latcnl r,dlurcs

thHt would, illl;ombill8tiQIl with UIlU or

more otllel' o[!flt:iJ1C failures pr rJVllllls.

resull in i,1Iwzardulls or catilstl'ophiG

failurc condition.

DATES: This AlJ h\~comes eff(l(;tivc April

9.2007.

The Director of the Federal Kegister

approved the illtorporation by rererenc~

of certain publiclltions listed in the AU

as of April 9. 2007.

ADDRESSES: You llIay examine tlw AD

dockct 011 thc Internet at http.-II

dills. dol-gal' or in pcrsOll at the Dockel

M(lnagement Fadlity. U.S_ Oep<lrtrnellt

of Transportation. 400 Sevenlh Str~el,

5W .. Nassif Building. Room PL-401.

Waswngton, DC.

Contact AirlJus. ] [{ond Point Milurite

B8JJonle, 3] 70, llJagwH: Cedex. ~'raIlC(),

1"01'service ilJrOl'lll,llioll idelltiliod ill this

AD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONCONTACT: Tim

Backman. AUl'ospiIl:e Engineer.

InternatiOll<Jll3ranch. ANM-1 Hi. FAA,

Transport Airplane Directorate. ltiU1

Lind Avenue, SW .. Kentou. Washington
Federal Register/VoL n, No. 421 Mont1ay, Mmch 5, 2bo7/Rulcs ant1 Regulations 9659

~I)U57-:-l356: teleplllJne (425) 227-27U7:

fax (425) 227'-114U,

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

J::xamining the Uockut

YOl! milV UX<JTlline the ,iirworthine~~

diractive C'\D} dlJl;ket Oil lhu Interrwt at

http://dms.dor.,~ov or in person at thfO

Docket M<lllUgml1ent r'acility unite

tmtwliOlJ \1 a,m, and 5 p,Ill .. Monday

thlOllgJl Frid<lY, p.x(:j:~pt FfOdernl holidays.

Tll\~ Docket Management Facility offiCE!

[lelHpholle [UIlO) f147-52V) is lo·cated on

the pla<:a Invel ufthe Na%if I:luiilling at

the street Hddres~ "tilted in t11e

ADDRESSES soction,

Discus~iun

The FAA isslied " notice of proposljd

rulernakillg (NI'I{M) to (Illlend 14 Cf,'1{

part 3~ to illclilde an AU tlUlt would

appl.y to all Airbus Modd A33U Hnd

AJ4U ;liq)lanes, That NI'I{M was

[JlIblishml in the Federa.l Register 011

December 27, :WOb (71 FR 77o~2). That

NJ'RM proposed to reqllil'li L'()Vising the

AirworthiniOSs LilllitatioLls section of tilE!

Instl'uctions ror COlltinued

Airworthiness lJy illcorporating n8\N Hild

revised cel'tification mlliLlteIl~Ilr.e

mljuil'ements (CMI{sl.

Comments

W'j plOvided the puhlic the

Oppol'tullity to jJarticipute in the

development of tllis AD. We received JlO

comments on the NI'RM 01' 011 the

d(~IHnnilldtioll or thlJ cost to the public.

Conclusiun

We have (;arefllllv reviewed the

dV<Jilable d~ti-l imd lletermined tbat ilir

s"fety ~.Ild the pnblil.: interest reqllire

adopting the "D liS proposed.

Custs ofCumpli(lilce

Tbis AD affects abollt:<7 Model A3JU

airpl~lH-;s of U.S. registry. Tlllj reqllired

Hctions take obout 1 work hou[' p81'

airplane. ut illl iI"erags labnr mte of $130

per wOlk hUllf, Hased 011 these rigUL'es,

Ihe estimated cost of this AD fol' U,S.

operalurs is $2,J liO. or $BU pel' dirplalle,

Clll'l'entiv there are I1U oft'ected Modll1

1\;1411 flil'jJl:mlJs Dn the U,S. Registel'.

HO'>vevur. il' an (Iffect8d a irplane is

impDfted and placed Oll tlw U,S.

Register i 1\ the future, the required

actions would take abolLt 1 work hUlir

per dirplane. <It au average 1,1bor rute of

S8D per work haul'. !:lase,d un these

l"igures, IhlJ estimated cost ofthb AD to

U,S, uperators is $1:l1Jpsr airplilne,

Authurity fur This Kulemaking

Tit!ll '1-0 of the United States C0011

sp8cifies the FAA'~ ,luthority to isslLe

rules on ~vi!ltioLl safety-. Subtitle I,

Se!;Uon1IJo, d[fScrilJE:), Ilw ~ut.hority of

the 1"1'.,\ Administrator. Subtitle VI!,

:\viilt.iotl I'togroms, describe~ in more

detililthe scope of the Agency's

authority,

W", <lI'e i~Sllhlg this ruleIllaking under

the authority descrihed ill Subtitle VII.

I'art A, Subpart Ill. Section 447U1.

"Cen€,al requirements," Ulloel' tJlilt

sec;tioll. COLlgHl~S charges the FAA with

plomoting safe flight of ci vii aircraft in

air comllwn:;e by prescribing regulations

for prdctices, methods, and procedures

tile Administrator finds necessary for

safety ill iiir commHrce. This regulation

is within the scope or that authority

bec:anse it oddresses an ullsdle r.ondition

that is likely to exist or develop all

pJ'udllct~ identified in lhisTulel11Aking

action,

Regulatory Findings

We have determined thHI this AD will

not ha\.·e fedemli~m implications under

Executive Order 131::12. This AD ,viII

not have a substlilltial direct effect on

the States. 011 the relaLionship between

the ll<Jtional gllvernlllHut and ths Stat8s,

OJ' 011 the distrilmtiOIl of power and

responsibilities among the various

IHvels of gov8f1ll1lent.

For the masons dis(.'(JF;sed above, f

cc:rtify that this flD;

[1) l~ not a "~ignificallt regllldtury

action" under Executi ve Ordel' 1 ZtJ66:

(2) Is nut a "significant rule" under

DOT Regulatory Policies and Pl"llcedures

(44 FK 11034, Febl'wll"y W,1~J79): and

(3) Will not hove a significant

e<.:onomic impact. positive or negoti"e,

011 a substantiHlnumbel' uf snH,1I entities

lJ.uder the criteria 01 tlw Hegu liltury

I'lexibility Act,

We ]Jl'el)(lred a regulatory evalliation

Ilf the estimated costs tu comply witl1

this /\0 ,1nd placed it in the AD docket

See the AODRESSES section for a locntiol1

to eXAmine tllO rlJglllatory evallLatioLl

List of Subjetls in 14 C~'R Part 39

Air trans]JortotioJl. Aircl"8rt, Aviiltiun

safety, Incorporatil.m by reference.

Safety,

Adoptiun ofth~ Amendment

IiilAccordingl y, ILIJdor the authority

delegllted to me by the Administrator,

the FAA amends 14 CFI{ part 39 as

follows:

PART 39~AIRWORTHINESS

DIRECTIVES

1l!l1 The (lilthol'ity citution for part :l9

cUlltinllcs to read as follows:

AuthoriLy: 4') US_C- 106(g), 4U113, 44701

§ 39.13 [Amendedl

Ell2. The Federal Aviation

Administr<ltiun (FAI\) amends S :.l!J 1:;1

by adding the following new

iJil'worthiniJss directive [AD):

2007--05--08 Airlms: All","dmunt :JII14%U. l)Ul:kd No. FI\/\ ·:WOli-2bhIl4;

DiredurJtu h:lmuiner ~(JOli--!\'IvI-l ~I:l-At)

Elli,divl![)al~

(aJ Thi, AD become, "ffer:ll\'e i\pril U.

2007,

Aff~<:t"d ADs

(il) NlJne

/\pplicahilily

(r') Tili,; !\D djJpliu,; to JII i\irlJlI' Mudd

i\:l:j(J iind A340 airpl~I"'~,

Note 1: Thi, AD wqHiru, rcvi"i()n~ t()

cmhin "pumlor lIHJilll.cn~I1l;') rI"l:LIIlLUllt,to

includu new iJl~!,ucljuLlo. COlllpliall"" willI

th()s~ ill';f!uclilln~ is l'equil'ud by 14 eFt{

lJ1.4U3(c). For JiTpllllLUSthai hav" heu"

previllu,;ly IllOd,fi"d, allm,,". or 1'''piLil"lidill

tll" ar~a~ addrc"I,d hy thusn inSI)<;t;I'ul1s. thu

0f-'eratol' may llLJtlw "bt" LoaCCUII'l'lish th<:

iJlSpccliuns d"'Gril!l:d illth" rovi~i()Il~, [II this

situation, lu ~"lIlply with 14 CI'I{ 91.40:11~1,

thu "p"l'"tur rl1u,1 W'lUD,t "Pl'rovnl for ""

~lt"L'LHllivo method oreo,npliHJlt:" m;ClJrl!il'jJ

to [!"r"~I·at.'h (gl uj' thi~ AD, 'l'ho ''''Iu",t

shoutd includu a d",l:riptiull 0[' eh'"'gu, tu

thu required in'lwcti(ln> thut will "fl'UW Ih"

continucd dll,m'ge tolcritll"" or ll", atTe(,lud

~tL'ucture. Tlw l'i\i\ hu> pl"Uvid~d gllid,lIu:l'

liJI" thi> uoturmiIl;ltion ill Advisury CirCUlnl'

[,,\C] 25-1528-1.

U"~·afe Co"dili""

(d) 'l'hi, !\!J rooult, I'm", til"

Ilwnllla~turlJr's detel'lnillatioll tlW\ "ddiLiull~1

'md ffwised certificatiun Illaint~naJl(;e

requirements [CMR,) are 'H:C~,,;"'Y in (Jrdur

to eU,ur" CUjl\illll~d upc\'ilti"'wl ~vdl'olyL!I'Ihw

atTul,l"d airplnl1US. We ,lro i,suIllg this AU Iu

[!r~veIlL ,a1'ety-"ignil'ir;onl Idt,mt ["il"res th~L

wLHdd, ill "o",hinaliun with UJ1\' or mur"

other s[!U~il'i" railur,,~ or evunts. I',,~utt il1;J

huwrdoLLo 0]"<.:at",tlllphiL: [ailufC CUI'" ilion

CUllll'lian<;e

1['1YI!U uro respu"~ibl,, for ha<'illg tlw

,,!:lion, r"l[lJiwd by thi, ,\0 PCl'h>l'llWd wilhin

th" l:olllpii,mc() Illl1e~ "p()cifie(l. unless tlw

"diuIl' have aiready tW()ll "unu,

Revise t1w i\irwurthin~ss LimilaLiuns

S"criUll ufthu In,lruLliuns tur Cuntinued

Airwurthine"

{ll Within :}Inollths 'ln~1' the vlTet:tive dale

of this AD: t{iJVisLllh" :\il',,"c>lt·l1ilws,

Limitotiuns .'wctilln uf lhu Illstructiulis I'UI

Continu"d AifwUllhiTlo% by irl(;o'porutiIlg

t\irbus ,\330 CU!'t'I1L'ltioll MaillL"IlllJl(:C

Re!jLLil"!!lnOnls,l)m:ufll"nl ~55,2U74/~)3, ls~u()

19. dllted Mur~h 22, 20tH; (fur alt M"dd A:1:!O

Hil'pl'lIws\; ur Airbus A348 C"rlifiLuliull

MHiUiUllUllC('Req llirm"e[11S, DUL;umeIlL

fJ55,:W·t91~1~.lssLl" 14. d"t"d Um:"mtwr 1\l.

~OU5 [1'01'011t'>lodL,]A:J4D :,jl"plullusJ,

Al:L:UllJpJish the ~(:li()1l~~p"~ir,,,d III tilL:

~p[Jjj~al)lu CMR at liw liIll~S .'p",:ii'l"d Irl the

ilppfi~ilblo eMf< (lmt ill J~~oJ'd"n~~ will, tlw

applir;alll" CMt{, ex"~pl ,,~ I'l"Oviriud by

p"ragl'a)Jh~ In(I), (tJl2). 10(:». Hnd (1}(4] Ill'

this AU,
9660 Federal Register IVoL n, No. 421 Monday, March 5, 20071 Rules and Regulations

111Tlw u~~oci"tud inturv,,1 fordnv new Id,k

is to I)" cOllllled fruill thu ulTuc:livu,1"le l)flhis

All.

121"I'iluussocinlnd illt"l'v'JI f,,1'oilYI'()vis"d

l,,~k i, 10 be counled I'rolllthe pwvi()tts

perforIlwncc L)f Ih" t~~k.

l:lI f'""J' t\1<l(iul1\:J4U"irpl"lJe~ lh"ll",v~

!Jx<:~"d"dIlliJtllul"ureslridi,'" liIIlilalilJn~ wi'

Ai['bu~A3+UC~rljfil:ali()1JM"iEltnno[H'C

1\"'1uil'el!leJlI~,lJlJC'llfll,nl!)55,jOlfJ/8~, IS~lw

14, Mailllu[lll'''''' SiglJifi"J"lltl\nl~ (MS!]

~1.~CI.OiJ""u L.1.'!:LOU:lJu LlwI,,,k within

~,5UOl'IigllthUL"'"fJne;-the p;-~vi(),,;;

"(:(:lllllpiishl'WlIl. I<"PC"III\()L;L,klllCrUdltr,"~l

Iho upplit"IJI~ i"l~rv,,1 iHth~ AirbL;~i\:I~O

Cmtii'iulliolJ M,.imUIIHJlLUK"4uin)IJWlltS.

lJu,:LJHWlIl%5.301 !J/~2. b,ll" 1+.

(4) Fur MllUlllA340 "irpJallll, thut h~vc

"~TlJlllulut;)rlll,"ru lhlUi 2,700 j'Jjght hllllr~

sillcutlw bsl II\,lintCIlancudUfl" III

al'l'lJ,c!alllO')with Ai,bu~ 1\340 Clil'tinc~tillI1

M"llltUlJal1~~J{"lJuimmcIlI" DOl;l'lllunl

U5",3U19!q2.lssll~ 14, MS[ 2824.UO: Do lh"

lwxLta~k withill tWOnigllllllJUI"~iln~r thu

dl'ncl iv(]dotl' of thi, AD. J{~p~lllthe task

Ilwr~"n"r "I lh" al'pliCllbk illlerv~1 In the

Ail'Oll, AHlIl;erli!"il'alioIl M~inlOlllJl\Lll

HUl[uiwll1<:JlI.>. DO~;l,mOllt1l~5.:.J[J1!JI!JL.. [",,0

1+.

Alt~rn"liv~ M~thods of Compli~Il(:~

{AMOCsl

(g][1]TllllM'jllugul". [litUJ'llUljullllllJr;)I)~;h.

,'\NM-l1 G."]'rull~porlAirplaLl" lJil'l!~luJ'Ht".

1-'"\/\.1",, II", '"Jllml'i(y lu appru"" l\MOC,

l!)l·lhis 1\0. irn;l[lwstud IIILlccunifmc"with

the pl'u[;"dllr<Js[O'LIldill 14 C[·I{:19.lfl.

(L.)lldOfU"sing W1VAMUC dppruvud ill

,H:c()l'daIlCUwitll §:.J9.1GUJl'lIlYairplauc IlJ

whil:h Ilw AMUC appljus. notify Ihe

fl]Jpwpl'illl" prim.:ipdl ill~lludul' ill UlFJ 1"\1\

I,'ligh[Sldlld~l"d~Cm·linc~lu llolding Ddri"l

Uln"u.

Related Inform~ti"n

[ill Tlw Eurol''''lL1Avi~li()I)~,,]'elv Agency

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2006-26071; Directorate

Identifier 2006-CE-51-AD; Amendment 39-

14965; AD 2007-05-04]

RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Direclives; Mooney

Airplane Company, Inc., (Mooney)

Models M20M and M20R Airplanes

AGENCY:Federal Avial.iun

Administration (FAA). DOT.

ACTION:Finalnde,

SUMMARY:The FAA adopts ~ new

airwortllin(:)s~ directive [AD) I'or certaill

Mooney Airplane Company, Inc.,

Models M20M Hnd M20l{ ~irplanes,

This AD ff:lquires you to remove the

upper left and upper right engine mounl

altA.chillg hilrdware. cuI. out and remove

tho upholstery and insulation betweell

the fuseiHge tubular frallle and tho

firewall, and replace th» upper left end

llppor right engine mount ilttaching

hardwara with the nH\'Vparts kit This

AD resul[s I'rom I'ailure of the engine

mount A.ttaching hardware to Illflilltain

torque a' a resull 01·firu,vall insulation

and upholstery being compressed

between the I'uselage Lllbular frame and

the firewall ill the upper let! and lIpper

right engine 1ll0l111tHltach points, We

um issuing this AD to prevent the upper

right and upper left engine mounting

hal'dwA.re fwm losing tOI'que. whidl

could I'esult in a reduction in engine

llIount load c~rrying cap~bility and

could lead to engine mount failure.

OATES:This AD becomes eITective on

April D, 2007.

As 01'April 9, 2007. Ih!.)Uireclor of the

Federel Register approved tbe

incorporilti'oll by reference 01'certain

publicatiDI]S listed intlw regulation.

ADDRESSES:To gel tbe service

iuformution identified in this AD.

contact Mooney l\irplalle Compally,

Inc .. 165 Al Moonev Road North.

Kerrville, Texas 7[JU~8; telephone: (8:,0)

H9(;-[-)O()0. or go to. http://

W ".-""'./ iJooney. com Ii lIIuge8!pdf81 sb· pd II

m20-292u.pd{.

To view the AD dockeL. go to the

Docket M8nagemenl Facility; U,S.

Departmeul ofTransporlalioll. 400

Sevunth Street, SVV" Na~~jf'l:lllildiJig.

J{oom I'L--4D1. Washingl:Jll. DC 20590-

ODOl or on the Internet fd IJUp:l1

dms.dot.gov. The docket Illunber is

FAA-2006-26071; DirectorA.te IdellliJil,r

2()()5-CE-51-Al).

FORFURTHERINFORMATIONCONTACT:

Andrew McAnaul. Ael'OsjJdce Enginul,r,

ASVV-'[5() [c/o MlD0--43), 10100

Rt'llllioll Place, Suitll (iSO, San Antonio.

Texas 7(211); tdnpholw: (:nll)3UH3365; fClx; (no) 308-:1370.

SUPPLEMENTARYINFORMATION:

Discussion

On November 1,2005, we issued A.

pl·oJ.)LI~alLoamend part 3~lof [he Federal

Aviation I,egulaliono [14 CFR part ~iDJto

include an AD thai would apply to

certain Mooney Airplaue Company, Inc.

Models M20M alld M20R airpl':lI1es.

Tbis proposal was published ill the

Federal Registor as a notice or'proposed

rulemaking (NPKM) on Novembet· 7,

lOW) (71 FR G50GZ). The NI'N.M

proposed lu l·etorqulJ tlie upper left and

upper right enginH lTloullling hardwlll'e

as (In interim action, The NPKM :Ilsu

proposed Lo l·emOV'i the IIppel'leit ilnd

upper right Hngine 1ll0lJ.lll ~ltaciJillg

b~l'dware. cuL Olil and remove tile

llpholstery Hne! insulation bel ween the

hlsQlugo tubuhlr frame and the firewflii.

<md ruplace tho upper left and llppfJr

I·ight engine mOlilll attm:lJ.ing har·dwaro

with the IWW parts kit.

Comment:;

We provided the public tbe

opportunity to pal'[icipale in dev%ping

tlJi~ AO. The I'ollowing pre~ent~ the

comments rfJceived on lhe proposal and

FAt\ 's r8~p(lI\SH to uach L:fJIUITl()IIL:

C:ommenllss(w· Jack l:lu~ter ot the

Modilicatioll and l{eplacemenlParts

i\ssoci:oliol1 (MJ\RP/\) sugge~t~ Lhat

paragraph (g) of the propo~ed actioll be

amended 10 illclude the lutenwt

Unifurm Ke~Olll'ce Localor [UKL)

address for the relevA.nt service

tnfr,trllla ti Oll.

We agree wilh the CO[IJlllenter's (Jack

I:luster. Mi\HPA) recomnlllndatiorl. V"/e

added the manufilctlJrer'~ Internet Ul{L

address in [he Lnformaliull Oil how to

ubtaln the relevant ,ervice infonJ'Hlion,

Conclusiun

Since the NI'KM was [Jubli~hed. [he

manufacturer bils rnviond the applicable

service bulletin tlJ clarify the fas[f:lIer

torqlw I'cqlJil"lJllwnl. The change doe~

not change the intenl of Ihu roquired

action and does not create any

addilioml1 bllrden on Ihe ownors!

operators. The /\0 will referencetllo

appropriate service informatiun:

Mooney lI.irplalll> Com[JHIIY. Il1c. Service