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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. 

(h) Related Information 

Refer to MCAI Civil Aviation Authority AD 

CAA–AD–T–112/1999R1, dated November 

23, 1999, for related information. You may 

examine the MCAI on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by searching for and 

locating Docket No. FAA–2016–4230. For 

service information related to this AD, 

contact EVEKTOR, spol. s.r.o, Letecka 1008, 

686 04 Kunovice, Czech Republic; phone: 

+420 572 537 428; email: evektor@evektor.cz; 

Internet: http://www.evektor.cz/en/sales-andsupport. 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 

February 24, 2016. 

Robert P. Busto, 

Acting Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–04543 Filed 3–3–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2016–3990; Directorate 

Identifier 2015–NM–153–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, 

Inc. Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for all 

Bombardier, Inc. Model CL–600–2D15 

(Regional Jet Series 705) and CL–600– 

2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) airplanes. 

This proposed AD was prompted by two 

in-service incidents reported on 

Bombardier, Inc. Model CL–600–2C10 

(Regional Jet Series 700, 701, & 702) 

airplanes regarding a loss of all air data 

information in the flight deck. This 

proposed AD would require revision of 

the airplane flight manual (AFM) to 

provide procedures to guide the crew to 

stabilize the airplane’s airspeed and 

attitude for continued safe flight. We are 

proposing this AD to prevent loss of air 

data information that may affect 

continued safe flight. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by April 18, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, 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, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this NPRM, contact Bombardier, Inc., 

400 Coˆte-Vertu Road West, Dorval, 

Que ́bec H4S 1Y9, Canada; telephone: 

514–855–5000; fax: 514–855–7401; 

email: thd.crj@aero.bombardier.com; 

Internet: http://www.bombardier.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. 

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–2016– 

3990; 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 Operations 

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: 

Assata Dessaline, Aerospace Engineer, 

Avionics and Services Branch, ANE– 

172, FAA, New York Aircraft 

Certification Office (ACO), 1600 Stewart 

Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY 

11590; telephone: 516–228–7301; fax: 

516–794–5531. 

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–2016–3990; Directorate Identifier 

2015–NM–153–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 based on those comments. 

We will post all comments we 

receive, without change, to http://

www.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 

Transport Canada Civil Aviation 

(TCCA), which is the aviation authority 

for Canada, has issued Canadian AD 

CF–2015–08, dated April 28, 2015 

(referred to after this as the Mandatory 

Continuing Airworthiness Information, 

or ‘‘the MCAI’’), to correct an unsafe 

condition for all Bombardier, Inc. Model 

CL–600–2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705) 

and CL–600–2D24 (Regional Jet Series 

900) airplanes. The MCAI states: 

Two in-service incidents have been 

reported on CL–600–2C10 aeroplanes 

regarding a loss of all air data information in 

the cockpit. The air data information was 

recovered as the aeroplane descended to 

lower altitudes. An investigation determined 

that the root cause in both events was high 

altitude icing (ice crystal contamination). If 

not addressed, this condition may affect 

continued safe flight. 

Due to similarities in the air data systems, 

such events could happen on all Bombardier 

CRJ models, CL–600–2B19, CL–600–2C10, 

CL–600–2D15, CL–600–2D24 and CL–600– 

2E25. Therefore, the corrective actions for 

these models will be mandated once their 

respective Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) 

revisions become available. 

This [Canadian] AD mandates the 

incorporation of AFM procedures to guide 

the crew to stabilize the aeroplanes airspeed 

and attitude for continued safe flight. 

Required actions in this NPRM apply 

only to Bombardier, Inc. Model CL– 

600–2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705) and 

CL–600–2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) 

airplanes; we may consider issuing 

further rulemaking on the other 

Bombardier airplane models identified 

previously. 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–2016– 

3990. 


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Related Service Information Under 1 

CFR Part 51 

Bombardier, Inc. has issued 

Emergency Procedure 1; Unreliable 

Airspeed, of Section 03–19, Emergency 

Procedures—Unreliable Airspeed, of 

Chapter 3, Emergency Procedures, in 

Volume 1 of the Bombardier CRJ Series 

Regional Jet Model CL–600–2D15 and 

CL–600–2D24 Airplane Flight Manual 

CSP C–012, Revision 11A, dated May 

25, 2015. The service information 

describes procedures to guide the crew 

to stabilize the airplane’s airspeed and 

attitude for continued safe flight. This 

service information is reasonably 

available because the interested parties 

have access to it through their normal 

course of business or by the means 

identified in the ADDRESSES section. 

FAA’s Determination and Requirements 

of This Proposed AD 

This product has been approved by 

the aviation authority of another 

country, and is approved for operation 

in the United States. Pursuant to our 

bilateral agreement with the State of 

Design Authority, we have been notified 

of the unsafe condition described in the 

MCAI and service information 

referenced above. We are proposing this 

AD because we evaluated all pertinent 

information and determined an unsafe 

condition exists and is likely to exist or 

develop on other products of these same 

type designs. 

Costs of Compliance 

We estimate that this proposed AD 

affects 230 airplanes of U.S. registry. 

We also estimate that it would take 

about 1 work-hour 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 

this proposed AD on U.S. operators to 

be $19,550, or $85 per product. 

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. 

§ 39.13 [Amended] 

■ 2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding 

the following new airworthiness 

directive (AD): 

Bombardier, Inc.: Docket No. FAA–2016– 

3990; Directorate Identifier 2015–NM– 

153–AD. 

(a) Comments Due Date 

We must receive comments by April 18, 

2016. 

(b) Affected ADs 

None. 

(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to all Bombardier, Inc. 

Model CL–600–2D15 (Regional Jet Series 

705) and CL–600–2D24 (Regional Jet Series 

900) airplanes, certificated in any category. 

(d) Subject 

Air Transport Association (ATA) of 

America Code 34, Navigation. 

(e) Reason 

This AD was prompted by reports of two 

in-service incidents on Bombardier, Inc. 

Model CL–600–2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700, 

701, & 702) airplanes regarding a loss of all 

air data information in the flight deck. We are 

issuing this AD to prevent air data 

information loss that may affect continued 

safe flight. 

(f) Compliance 

Comply with this AD within the 

compliance times specified, unless already 

done. 

(g) Airplane Flight Manual Revision 

Within 30 days after the effective date of 

this AD, revise Emergency Procedure Section 

03–19–1 of the airplane flight manual (AFM) 

to include the information in Emergency 

Procedure 1; Unreliable Airspeed, of Section 

03–19, Emergency Procedures—Unreliable 

Airspeed, of Chapter 3, Emergency 

Procedures, in Volume 1 of the Bombardier 

CRJ Series Regional Jet Model CL–600–2D15 

and CL–600–2D24 Airplane Flight Manual 

CSP C–012, Revision 11A, dated May 25, 

2015. 

(h) Other FAA AD Provisions 

The following provisions also apply to this 

AD: 

(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs): The Manager, New York Aircraft 

Certification Office (ACO), ANE–170, 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 ACO, send it to ATTN: Assata 

Dessaline, Aerospace Engineer, Avionics and 

Services Branch, ANE 172, FAA, New York 

ACO, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, 

Westbury, New York 11590; telephone: 516– 

228–7301; fax: 516–794–5531. 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, New York ACO, ANE–170, 

Engine and Propeller Directorate, FAA; or 

Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA); or 

Bombardier, Inc.’s TCCA Design Approval 

Organization (DAO). If approved by the DAO, 

the approval must include the DAOauthorized signature. 

(i) Related Information 

(1) Refer to Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information (MCAI) Canadian 

AD CF–2015–08, dated 28 April, 2015, 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–2016–3990. 


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(2) For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Bombardier, Inc., 400 CoˆteVertu Road West, Dorval, Que ́bec H4S 1Y9, 

Canada; telephone: 514–855–5000; fax: 514– 

855–7401; email: thd.crj@

aero.bombardier.com; Internet: http://

www.bombardier.com. 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. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on February 

23, 2016. 

Dionne Palermo, 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–04680 Filed 3–3–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2016–4256; Directorate 

Identifier 2016–CE–002–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; M7 

Aerospace LLC 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for all M7 

Aerospace LLC Models SA226–AT, 

SA226–T, SA226–T(B), SA226–TC, 

SA227–AC (C–26A), SA227–AT, 

SA227–BC (C–26A), SA227–CC, SA227– 

DC (C–26B), and SA227–TT airplanes. 

This proposed AD was prompted by 

reports of failed elevator control rod 

ends due to corrosion and lack of 

lubrication. This proposed AD would 

require initial and repetitive inspections 

and lubrication of the elevator control 

rod ends and bearings with replacement 

as necessary. We are proposing this AD 

to correct the unsafe condition on these 

products. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by April 18, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, 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: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this proposed AD, contact M7 

Aerospace LLC, 10823 NE Entrance 

Road, San Antonio, Texas 78216; phone: 

(210) 824–9421; fax: (210) 804–7766; 

Internet: http://www.elbitsystemsus.com; email: MetroTech@

M7Aerospace.com. You may view this 

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 by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2016– 

4256; 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 

(phone: 800–647–5527) is in the 

ADDRESSES section. Comments will be 

available in the AD docket shortly after 

receipt. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew McAnaul, Aerospace Engineer, 

FAA, ASW–143 (c/o San Antonio 

MIDO), 10100 Reunion Place, Suite 650, 

San Antonio, Texas 78216; phone: (210) 

308–3365; fax: (210) 308–3370; email: 

andrew.mcanaul@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

We invite you to send any written 

relevant data, views, or arguments about 

this proposal. Send your comments to 

an address listed under the ADDRESSES

section. Include ‘‘Docket No. FAA– 

2016–4256; Directorate Identifier 2016– 

CE–002–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://

www.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 

The FAA received reports of broken 

elevator control rod link assemblies 

between the elevator torque tube and 

the elevator quadrant due to corrosion 

and lack of lubrication on M7 Aerospace 

SA26, SA226, and SA227 airplanes. 

This condition, if not corrected, could 

result in increased friction and partial or 

complete loss of elevator control 

resulting in loss of pitch control. 

Relevant Service Information Under 1 

CFR Part 51 

We reviewed M7 Aerospace LLC 

Service Bulletin (SB) 226–27–080 R1, 

M7 Aerospace LLC SB 227–27–060 R1, 

and M7 Aerospace LLC SB CC7–27–032 

R1, all Issued: November 5, 2015 and 

Revised: February 23, 2016. The service 

information describes procedures for 

inspection of the elevator control link 

assemblies between the elevator torque 

tubes and the elevator quadrant for 

frozen (stiff, hard to move) bearings or 

broken/cracked links (rod ends) with 

instructions for lubrication and 

replacement if necessary. All of the 

related service information is reasonably 

available because the interested parties 

have access to it through their normal 

course of business or by the means 

identified in the ADDRESSES section of 

this NPRM. 

FAA’s Determination 

We are proposing this AD because we 

evaluated all the relevant information 

and determined the unsafe condition 

described previously is likely to exist or 

develop in other products of the same 

type design. 

Proposed AD Requirements 

This proposed AD would require 

initial and repetitive inspections of the 

elevator control rod ends and bearings 

with replacement as necessary. 

Costs of Compliance 

We estimate that this proposed AD 

affects 350 airplanes of U.S. registry. 

We estimate the following costs to 

comply with this proposed AD: 


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