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Vol. 76, No. 34 

Friday, February 18, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 1 

[Docket No. FAA–2010–0812; Amdt. No. 

1–66] 

RIN 2120–AJ81 

Feathering Propeller Systems for 

Light-Sport Aircraft Powered Gliders 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule; notice of 

confirmation of effective date. 

SUMMARY: This action confirms the 

effective date of the final rule published 

on January 3, 2011. The final rule 

amends the definition of light-sport 

aircraft by removing ‘‘auto’’ from the 

term ‘‘autofeathering’’ as it applies to 

powered gliders. This amendment will 

allow both manual and autofeathering 

propeller operation for powered gliders 

that qualify as light-sport aircraft. 

DATES: The effective date for the final 

rule published January 3, 2011, at 76 FR 

5, is confirmed as March 4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: For information on where to 

obtain copies of rulemaking documents 

and other information related to this 

action, see ‘‘How to Obtain Additional 

Information’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this 

action, contact Terry Chasteen, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Aircraft 

Certification Service, Small Airplane 

Directorate, ACE–114, 901 Locust, Room 

301, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone: 

(816) 329–4147; fax: (816) 329–4090; 

e-mail: terry.chasteen@faa.gov. For legal 

questions concerning this action, 

contact Paul Greer, Office of Chief 

Counsel, AGC–210, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–7930; fax: (202) 

267–7971; e-mail: paul.g.greer@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Before publication of this final rule on 

January 3, 2011 (76 FR 5), Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 

specified that powered gliders that were 

light-sport aircraft (LSA) had a fixed or 

autofeathering propeller system. The 

restriction to ‘‘autofeathering’’ had 

resulted in confusion to LSA designers. 

The FAA has determined that a 

propeller on an LSA powered glider can 

be safely feathered using either a 

manual or automatic feathering 

propeller system, which justifies 

replacing the term ‘‘autofeathering’’ with 

‘‘feathering.’’ 

Discussion of the Comments 

The FAA received comments from 

eight individual commenters. All 

commenters supported the rule change. 

The commenters generally stated that 

the rule change removes an unnecessary 

restriction to the definition of a lightsport aircraft with no adverse safety 

effect. 

Conclusion 

After consideration of the comments 

submitted in response to the final rule, 

the FAA has determined that no further 

rulemaking action is necessary. 

Therefore, Amendment 1–66 remains in 

effect. 

How To Obtain Additional Information 

A. Rulemaking Documents 

An electronic copy of a rulemaking 

document my be obtained by using the 

Internet— 

1. Search the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal (http://www.regulations.gov); 

2. Visit the FAA’s Regulations and 

Policies Web page at http:// 

www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/ or 

3. Access the Government Printing 

Office’s Web page at http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. 

Copies may also be obtained by 

sending a request (identified by 

amendment or docket number of this 

rulemaking) to the Federal Aviation 

Administration, Office of Rulemaking, 

ARM–1, 800 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by 

calling (202) 267–9680. 

B. Comments Submitted to the Docket 

Comments received may be viewed by 

going to http://www.regulations.gov and 

following the online instructions to 

search the docket number for this 

action. Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of the FAA’s dockets 

by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

C. Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act 

The Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) of 

1996 requires the FAA to comply with 

small entity requests for information or 

advice about compliance with statutes 

and regulations within its jurisdiction. 

A small entity with questions regarding 

this document, may contact its local 

FAA official, or the person listed under 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

heading at the beginning of the 

preamble. To find out more about 

SBREFA on the Internet, visit http:// 

www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/ 

rulemaking/sbre_act/. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 14, 

2011. 

Frank P. Paskiewicz, 

Acting Deputy Director, Aircraft Certification 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3777 Filed 2–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2010–0827; Directorate 

Identifier 2010–CE–029–AD; Amendment 

39–16552; AD 2010–17–18 R1] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, 

Inc. Models AT–802 and AT–802A 

Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final regulatory flexibility 

analysis (FRFA). 

SUMMARY: This document incorporates 

the FRFA for Airworthiness Directive 

(AD) 2010–17–18, which applied to 

these products: Air Tractor, Inc. (Air 

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