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.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

13592 

Vol. 79, No. 47 

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2014–0128; Directorate 

Identifier 2013–NM–133–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 

Company Airplanes 

Correction 

In proposed rule document 2014– 

04568, appearing on pages 11725 

through 11728 in the issue of Monday, 

March 3, 2014, make the following 

correction: 

On page 11725, in the third column, 

in the third line of the SUMMARY, 

‘‘Boeing Company Model airplanes’’ 

should read ‘‘Boeing Company Model 

777 airplanes’’. 

[FR Doc. C1–2014–04568 Filed 3–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Parts 121, 135, and 142 

[AC 120–UPRT and AC 120–109A] 

Advisory Circular for Upset Prevention 

and Recovery Training and Advisory 

Circular for Stall Prevention and 

Recovery Training 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed Advisory Circular for Upset 

Prevention and Recovery Training and 

proposed revision to Advisory Circular 

for Stall Prevention and Recovery 

Training, request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is announcing the 

availability of proposed Advisory 

Circulars (AC) 120–UPRT and 120– 

109A. AC 120–UPRT provides 

recommended practices and guidance 

for academic and flight simulation 

training device (FSTD) training for 

pilots to prevent developing upset 

conditions and ensure correct and 

consistent recovery responses to upsets. 

AC 120–109A provides guidance and 

best practices for training, testing, and 

checking for pilots to ensure correct 

responses to impending and full stalls. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before May 12, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by AC 120–UPRT or AC 120–109A 

using any of the following methods: 

• Aviation Safety Draft Document 

Open for Comment Web site: Go to 

http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/ 

afs_ac/ and follow the online 

instructions for sending your comments 

electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to 1625 K 

Street NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 

20006. 

• Fax: Fax comments to 202–223– 

4615. Attn: Susan Hill. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the 1625 K Street NW., Suite 300, 

Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robyn LaPorte, Air Transportation 

Division, Flight Standards Service, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone: 202– 

267–8166; facsimile: 202–267–5229; 

email: robyn.laporte@faa.gov. 

Background 

These draft ACs provide guidance 

regarding the new training requirements 

contained in the Qualification, Service, 

and Use of Crewmembers and Aircraft 

Dispatchers final rule published 

November 12, 2013 (FAA Docket FAA– 

2008–0677). 

Advisory Circular 120–UPRT 

The primary goal of this proposed AC 

is to provide recommended practices 

and guidance for academic and flight 

simulation training device (FSTD) 

training for pilots to prevent developing 

upset conditions and ensure correct and 

consistent recovery responses to upsets. 

This AC was developed based on a 

review of recommended practices 

developed by major airplane 

manufacturers, labor organizations, air 

carriers, training organizations, 

simulator manufacturers, and industry 

representative organizations. This AC 

provides guidance to Title 14 Code of 

Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 121 

air carriers implementing the regulatory 

requirements of § § 121.419, 121.423, 

121.424, and 121.427. Core principles of 

this AC include: 

• Enhanced instructor training on the 

limitations of simulation. 

• Comprehensive pilot academic 

training on aerodynamics. 

• Early recognition of divergence 

from intended flight path. 

• Upset prevention through 

improvements in manual handling 

skills. 

• Progressive intervention strategies 

for the pilot monitoring. 

Advisory Circular 120–109A 

The primary goal of this proposed AC 

revision is to provide guidance and best 

practices for training, testing, and 

checking for pilots to ensure correct 

responses to impending and full stalls. 

This AC was developed based on a 

review of recommended practices 

developed by major airplane 

manufacturers, labor organizations, air 

carriers, training organizations, 

simulator manufacturers, and industry 

representative organizations. Core 

principles of this Advisory Circular 

include: 

• Reducing angle of attack is the most 

important pilot action in an impending 

or full stall. 

• Pilot training should emphasize 

teaching the same recovery technique 

for impending stalls and full stalls. 

• Evaluation criteria for a recovery 

from an impending stall should not 

include a predetermined value for 

altitude loss. Instead, criteria should 

consider the multitude of external and 

internal variables which affect the 

recovery altitude. 

• Once the stall recovery procedure is 

mastered by maneuver-based training, 

stall prevention training should include 

realistic scenarios that could be 

encountered in operational conditions, 

including impending stalls with the 

autopilot engaged and at high altitudes. 

• Full stall training should be led by 

the instructor, but must allow the pilot 

to experience the associated flight 

dynamics and execute a recovery. 

The agency will consider all 

comments received by May 12, 2014. 

Comments received after that date may 

be considered if consideration will not 

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