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5680; email me.boecom@boeing.com; Internet 

https://www.myboeingfleet.com. 

(3) You may review copies of the service 

information at the FAA, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, 

Washington. For information on the 

availability of this material at the FAA, call 

(425) 227–1221. 

(4) You may also review copies of the 

service information that is incorporated by 

reference at the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA). For 

information on the availability of this 

material at an NARA facility, call (202) 741– 

6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ 

federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ 

ibr_locations.html. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on 

November 29, 2011. 

Ali Bahrami, 

Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31418 Filed 12–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2010–1190; Directorate 

Identifier 2010–SW–038–AD; Amendment 

39–16877; AD 2011–25–01] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Apical 

Industries, Inc., (Apical) Emergency 

Float Kits 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a 

new airworthiness directive (AD) for the 

Apical emergency float kits installed on 

certain model helicopters under 

supplemental type certificates. This AD 

requires adding placards on each side of 

the fuselage to identify the location and 

operation of the liferaft external 

inflation handle. This AD also requires 

replacing each liferaft operation placard 

to state that external liferafts are 

installed. This amendment is prompted 

by a report of a helicopter that crashed 

into the water, and the pilot did not 

deploy the floats and liferafts. Two 

external T-handles were available for 

deployment of the liferafts but were not 

used by the passengers because they 

were unaware of their location. The 

actions specified by this AD are 

intended to prevent helicopter 

occupants from further injury due to 

unnecessary exposure to harsh water 

conditions and to aid in deploying 

liferafts when liferafts are available on 

the helicopter and can be activated after 

a water landing. 

DATES: Effective January 17, 2012. 

The incorporation by reference of 

certain publications listed in the 

regulations is approved by the Director 

of the Federal Register as of January 17, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may get the service 

information identified in this AD from 

Apical Industries, Inc., 2608 Temple 

Heights Drive, Oceanside, California 

92056–3512, telephone (760) 724–5300, 

fax (760) 758–9612, http:// 

www.apicalindustries.com/. 

Examining the Docket: You may 

examine the docket that contains this 

AD, any comments, and other 

information on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or at the Docket 

Operations office, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Venessa Stiger, Aviation Safety 

Engineer, FAA, Los Angeles Aircraft 

Certification Office, 3960 Paramount 

Blvd., Lakewood, California 90712– 

4137, telephone (562) 627–5337, fax 

(562) 627–5210. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

proposal to amend 14 CFR part 39 to 

include an AD for helicopters modified 

in accordance with certain 

supplemental type certificates with 

certain emergency float kits, was 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 7, 2010 (75 FR 75934). That 

action proposed to require, for certain 

model helicopters modified per 

Supplemental Type Certificate Number 

SR01535LA, SR01779LA, SR01813LA, 

SR01855LA, or SR00856LA, adding an 

external placard near the external THandles to provide instructions for the 

operation of the liferaft external 

inflation handle. That action also 

proposed to require replacing earlier 

installed liferaft operation placards with 

more recent placards. 

We provided the public the 

opportunity to participate in developing 

this AD. We received no comments on 

the proposal or on the determination of 

the cost to the public. 

We estimate that this AD will affect 

324 helicopters of U.S. registry, and it 

will take about 1⁄2 work hour per 

helicopter to install 4 or 6 placards at 

an average labor rate of $85 per work 

hour. Required parts will cost about $70 

per helicopter. Based on these figures, 

we estimate the total cost impact of this 

AD on U.S. operators is $36,450 for the 

entire fleet. 

Regulatory Findings 

We have 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 the 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 to the extent that it justifies 

making a regulatory distinction; 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. 

We prepared an economic evaluation 

of the estimated costs to comply with 

this AD. See the AD docket to examine 

the economic evaluation. 

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 AD. 

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 Federal Aviation Administration 

amends part 39 of the Federal Aviation 

Regulations (14 CFR part 39) as follows: 


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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 AD: 

2011–25–01 Apical Industries, Inc.: Docket 

No. FAA–2010–1190; Directorate 

Identifier 2010–SW–038–AD. 

Applicability: The helicopter models, 

certificated in any category, with an 

Emergency Float Kit with a part number (P/ 

N) and serial number (S/N), installed by a 

supplemental type certificate (STC), as 

follows: 

Kit P/N Kit S/N Affected helicopter model STC No. 

614.3001 .................................. 080 and below ......................... Bell Helicopter Textron (Bell) 407 ............................................. SR01535LA 

614.3003 .................................. 133 and below ......................... Bell 206L, L–1, L–3, and L–4 ................................................... SR01535LA 

614.3007 .................................. 014 and below ......................... Bell 206A and B ........................................................................ SR01535LA 

614.7601 .................................. 045 and below ......................... Bell 210, 212, 412, 412CF, 412EP, AB412, and AB412EP ..... SR01779LA 

634.2901 .................................. 012 and below ......................... Bell 427 ..................................................................................... SR01813LA 

644.1801 .................................. 031 and below ......................... Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh (Eurocopter) EC135 ............... SR01855LA 

20430–300 ............................... 009 and below ......................... Eurocopter BO–105A, C, S, LS A–1 and LS A–3 .................... SR00856LA 

Compliance: Within 180 days, unless 

accomplished previously. 

To install placards to aid in locating and 

deploying liferafts to prevent further injury 

or loss of life in the event of a helicopter 

landing in the water, do the following: 

(a) Install the Liferaft External Inflation 

Handle Placard, P/N 600.0897, shown in 

Figure 1 of Apical Industries Inc. Alert 

Service Bulletin SB2008–01, Revision A, 

dated March 3, 2010 (ASB), on the crosstubes 

or fuselage near the external T-Handles, as 

shown for two model helicopters in Figures 

2 and 3, by following the Accomplishment 

Instructions, 1.0, paragraphs 1 through 5, of 

the ASB. 

(b) Remove the Liferaft Operation Placard, 

P/N 634.9703, Revision N/C through B, as 

shown in Figure 4 of the ASB, and install 

Liferaft Operation Placard, P/N 634.9703, 

Revision C, as shown in Figure 5, above all 

aircraft exits, inside the aircraft in plain 

view. 

(c) To request a different method of 

compliance or a different compliance time 

for this AD, follow the procedures in 14 CFR 

39.19. Contact the Manager, Los Angeles 

Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, ATTN: 

Venessa Stiger, Aviation Safety Engineer, 

3960 Paramount Blvd., Lakewood, California 

90712–4137, telephone (562) 627–5337, fax 

(562) 627–5210, for information about 

previously approved alternative methods of 

compliance. 

(d) The Joint Aircraft System/Component 

(JASC) Codes are 2564: Liferaft and 3212: 

Emergency Flotation Section. 

(e) The modification shall be done in 

accordance with the specified portions of 

Apical Industries Inc. Alert Service Bulletin 

SB2008–01, Revision A, dated March 3, 2010. 

The Director of the Federal Register approved 

this incorporation by reference in accordance 

with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. 

Copies may be obtained from Apical 

Industries, Inc., 2608 Temple Heights Drive, 

Oceanside, California 92056–3512, telephone 

(760) 724–5300, fax (760) 758–9612, http:// 

www.apicalindustries.com/. Copies may be 

inspected at the FAA, Office of the Regional 

Counsel, Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham 

Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76137 or 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/

code_of_federal_regulations/

ibr_locations.html. 

(f) This amendment becomes effective on 

January 17, 2012. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on November 

18, 2011. 

Lance T. Gant, 

Acting Manger, Rotorcraft Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30925 Filed 12–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–0911; Directorate 

Identifier 2010–NM–248–AD; Amendment 

39–16883; AD 2011–25–07] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; BAE 

Systems (Operations) Limited 

Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for all BAE 

Systems (Operations) Limited Model 

4101 airplanes. This AD results from 

mandatory continuing airworthiness 

information (MCAI) originated by an 

aviation authority of another country to 

identify and correct an unsafe condition 

on an aviation product. The MCAI 

describes the unsafe condition as: 

A door failure mode has been reported by 

an operator. 

Investigation has shown that the 

passenger/crew entry door pin-guide plates 

can fail prior to the expected fatigue life. A 

metallurgical examination of the failed 

component (lower guide plate) concluded 

that the occurred failure was due to 

exfoliation corrosion. 

The current inspection regime is not 

adequate to identify early stages of this 

corrosion. 

This condition, if not corrected, can lead 

to the sudden depressurisation of the 

aeroplane and consequently may injure the 

occupants. 

* * * * * 

We are issuing this AD to require 

actions to correct the unsafe condition 

on these products. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective 

January 17, 2012. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of a certain publication listed in this AD 

as of January 17, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may examine the AD 

docket on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Todd Thompson, Aerospace Engineer, 

International Branch, ANM–116, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, 

Washington 98057–3356; telephone 

(425) 227–1175; fax (425) 227–1149. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion 

We issued a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR 

part 39 to include an AD that would 

apply to the specified products. That 

NPRM was published in the Federal 

Register on August 31, 2011 (76 FR 

54139). That NPRM proposed to correct 

an unsafe condition for the specified 

products. The MCAI states: 

A door failure mode has been reported by 

an operator. 

Investigation has shown that the 

passenger/crew entry door pin-guide plates 

can fail prior to the expected fatigue life. A 

metallurgical examination of the failed 

component (lower guide plate) concluded 


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