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(i) A Federal credit union that has 

been assigned a 4 or 5 CAMEL rating by 

NCUA; or 

(ii) A federally insured, statechartered credit union that has been 

assigned a 4 or 5 CAMEL rating by 

either NCUA, after an on-site contact, or 

its state supervisor; or 

(iii) A Federal credit union or a 

federally insured, state-chartered credit 

union that has been granted assistance 

under section 208 of the Federal Credit 

Union Act, 12 U.S.C. 1788, that remains 

outstanding and unextinguished. 

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PART 704—CORPORATE CREDIT 

UNIONS 

■ 5. The authority citation for part 704 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1766(a), 1781, 1789. 

■ 6. Revise § 704.4(d)(3)(ii) to read as 

follows: 

§ 704.4 Prompt corrective action. 

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(ii) Unsafe or unsound practice. 

NCUA has determined, after notice and 

an opportunity for hearing pursuant to 

paragraph (h)(1) of this section, that the 

corporate credit union received a lessthan-satisfactory CAMEL rating (i.e., 

three or lower) for any rating category 

(other than in a rating category 

specifically addressing capital 

adequacy) and has not corrected the 

conditions that served as the basis for 

the less than satisfactory rating. Ratings 

under this paragraph (d)(3)(ii) refer to 

the most recent ratings (as determined 

either on-site or off-site by the most 

recent examination) of which the 

corporate credit union has been notified 

in writing. 

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BILLING CODE 7535–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0604; Directorate 

Identifier 2012–SW–110–AD; Amendment 

39–17705; AD 2013–25–09] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; 

AgustaWestland S.p.A. (Type 

Certificate Previously Held by Agusta 

S.p.A.) Helicopters 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

AgustaWestland S.p.A. (Agusta) Model 

AB139 and AW139 helicopters. This AD 

requires inspecting the nose landing 

gear (NLG) pin installations for incorrect 

assembly. This AD is prompted by 

reports of incorrectly installed pins 

discovered on in-service aircraft. These 

actions are intended to detect 

incorrectly installed pins, which could 

result in collapse of the NLG during taxi 

or landing. 

DATES: This AD is effective January 28, 

2014. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of a certain document listed in this AD 

as of January 28, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: For service information 

identified in this AD, contact Agusta 

Westland, Customer Support & Services, 

Via Per Tornavento 15, 21019 Somma 

Lombardo (VA) Italy, ATTN: Giovanni 

Cecchelli; telephone 39–0331–711133; 

fax 39 0331 711180; or at http://

www.agustawestland.com/technicalbullettins. You may review the 

referenced service information at the 

FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, 

Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham 

Blvd., Room 663, Fort Worth, Texas 

76137. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

Docket Operations Office between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD 

docket contains this AD, the foreign 

authority’s AD, any incorporated-byreference service information, the 

economic evaluation, any comments 

received, and other information. The 

street address for the Docket Operations 

Office (phone: 800–647–5527) is U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations Office, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Grant, Aviation Safety Engineer, 

Safety Management Group, FAA, 2601 

Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 

76137; telephone 817–222–5328; email 

robert.grant@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion 

On July 12, 2013, at 78 FR 41888, the 

Federal Register published our notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM), which 

proposed to amend 14 CFR part 39 to 

add an AD that would apply to certain 

serial-numbered AgustaWestland S.p.A. 

(Agusta) Model AB139 and AW139 

helicopters with an NLG pin part 

number 1661–0001 installed. The 

NPRM proposed to require, within 50 

hours time in service (TIS), inspecting 

the pin installations in the left and right 

arms for correct installation of the pin, 

bolts, washers, and nuts. 

• If the installation is not correct, the 

NPRM proposed to require: 

Æ Inspecting the bolt and nut for 

corrosion and removing the bolt and nut 

from service if there is corrosion. 

Æ Inspecting the pin for corrosion, a 

crack, and damage, removing the 

corrosion and measuring the pin 

diameter if there is any corrosion, and 

removing the pin from service if the pin 

diameter is less than 25.36 mm (.998 in) 

or if there is a crack in the pin. 

Æ Dye penetrant inspecting the pin 

flange for surface cracks and removing 

the pin from service if there is a surface 

crack. 

• If the installation is correct, the 

NPRM proposed to require inspecting 

the bolt head and nut for corrosion and 

removing the bolt or nut from service if 

there is any corrosion. 

The proposed requirements were 

intended to detect incorrectly installed 

pins, which could result in collapse of 

the NLG during taxi or landing. 

The NPRM was prompted by AD No. 

2012–0262, dated December 14, 2012, 

issued by the European Aviation Safety 

Agency (EASA), which is the Technical 

Agent for the Member States of the 

European Union, to correct an unsafe 

condition for the Agusta Model AB139 

and AW139 helicopters. EASA advises 

that incorrectly installed NLG pins, part 

number 1661–0001, were discovered on 

several aircraft. Incorrectly installed 

pins create a pre-stress condition on the 

pin flange. According to EASA, a 

subsequent technical investigation by 

Agusta concluded that the incorrect 

installation could be present on a 

number of other helicopters. EASA 

states that this condition could lead to 

NLG structural failure and consequent 

collapse during landing or taxi, 

resulting in damage to the helicopter 

and injury to the occupants. EASA AD 

2012–0262 requires inspecting the NLG 

pin installation on both the left and 

right arms to determine if the pin, 

washers, and nuts are correctly installed 

and, depending on findings, inspecting 

the bolts, nuts, and pins for corrosion, 

and also inspecting the pins for surface 

cracks, and correctly installing the pins. 

Comments 

We gave the public the opportunity to 

participate in developing this AD, but 

we did not receive any comments on the 

NPRM (78 FR 41888, July 12, 2013). 


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FAA’s Determination 

These helicopters have been approved 

by the aviation authority of Italy and are 

approved for operation in the United 

States. Pursuant to our bilateral 

agreement with Italy, EASA, its 

technical representative, has notified us 

of the unsafe condition described in the 

EASA AD. We are issuing this AD 

because we evaluated all information 

provided by EASA and determined the 

unsafe condition exists and is likely to 

exist or develop on other helicopters of 

these same type designs and that air 

safety and the public interest require 

adopting the AD requirements as 

proposed. 

Differences Between This AD and the 

EASA AD 

The EASA AD requires compliance 

within 50 flight hours or 1 month, while 

this proposed AD requires compliance 

within 50 hours TIS. 

Related Service Information 

Agusta has issued Bollettino Tecnico 

No. 139–306, dated December 12, 2012 

(BT 139–306), for Model AB139 and 

AW139 helicopters. BT 139–306 

describes procedures to inspect for 

correct installation of the bolts, nuts, 

washers, and pins, inspecting the bolt 

head and nut for corrosion, and 

inspecting the pins for surface cracks. 

Costs of Compliance 

We estimate that this AD affects 102 

helicopters of U.S. Registry. We estimate 

that operators may incur the following 

costs in order to comply with this AD. 

At an average labor rate of $85 per hour, 

inspecting the nose landing gear arm 

pins will require about 1 work hour, for 

a cost per helicopter of $85 and a total 

cost to U.S. operators of $8,670. If 

required, replacing a pin will require 

about 1 work hour, and required parts 

cost $1,680, for a cost per helicopter of 

$1,765. The cost to replace a bolt or nut 

is minimal. 

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 

helicopters identified in this rulemaking 

action. 

Regulatory Findings 

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 this AD: 

(1) Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ under Executive Order 12866; 

(2) Is not a ‘‘significant rule’’ under 

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 and placed it in the AD docket. 

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 FAA amends 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): 

2013–25–09 AGUSTAWESTLAND S.P.A. 

(TYPE CERTIFICATE FORMERLY HELD 

BY AGUSTA S.P.A.) HELICOPTERS: 

Amendment 39–17705; Docket No. 

FAA–2013–0604; Directorate Identifier 

2012–SW–110–AD 

(a) Applicability 

This AD applies to AgustaWestland S.p.A. 

(Agusta) Model AB139 and AW139 

helicopters, serial number 31005, 31006, 

31008 through 31157, 31201 through 31398, 

31400 through 31412, 31414, 31416, 31418, 

31419, 31421, 31425, 31426, 31428, 31432, 

31440, 41001 through 41023, 41201 through 

41275, 41277 through 41286, 41288, 41293, 

41300, 41301, 41303, 41307, 41308, and 

41310, with a nose landing gear (NLG) pin 

part number 1661–0001 installed, certificated 

in any category. 

(b) Unsafe Condition 

This AD defines the unsafe condition as an 

incorrect installation of an NLG pin, which 

could result in collapse of the NLG during 

taxi or landing. 

(c) Effective Date 

This AD becomes effective January 28, 

2014. 

(d) Compliance 

You are responsible for performing each 

action required by this AD within the 

specified compliance time unless it has 

already been accomplished prior to that time. 

(e) Required Actions 

Within 50 hours time-in-service: 

(1) Inspect the NLG pin installations on the 

left and right arms to determine whether the 

bolt (item 2), washer (item 3) under the bolt 

head, washer (item 4) between the NLG arm 

and pin, pin (item 5), washer (item 6) under 

the nut, nut (item 7), and cotter pin (item 8) 

are installed as depicted in Figure 1 of 

Agusta Bollettino Tecnico (BT) No. 139–306, 

dated December 12, 2012 (BT 139–306). 

(2) If any part is not installed as depicted 

in Figure 1 of BT 139–306, before further 

flight, disassemble items 2 through 8 and 

accomplish the following: 

(i) Inspect each bolt and nut for corrosion. 

If there is any corrosion on a bolt or nut, 

remove the bolt and nut from service. 

(ii) Inspect each pin for corrosion and 

damage. If there is any corrosion or damage: 

(A) Remove the corrosion and damage with 

an abrasive stone or glass fiber brush. 

(B) Measure the pin diameter. If the pin 

diameter is less than 25.36 mm (0.998 inch), 

remove the pin from service. 

(iii) Inspect each pin for a crack. If there 

is a crack, remove the pin from service. 

(iv) Dye penetrant inspect the pin flange 

for a crack. If there is a crack, remove the pin 

from service. 

(3) If items 2 through 8 are installed as 

depicted in Figure 1 of BT 139–306, inspect 

each bolt head and nut for corrosion. If there 

is any corrosion on a bolt head or nut, before 

further flight, remove the bolt or nut from 

service. 

(f) Special Flight Permits 

Special flight permits are prohibited. 

(g) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(1) The Manager, Safety Management 

Group, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this 

AD. Send your proposal to: Robert Grant, 

Aviation Safety Engineer, Safety Management 

Group, FAA, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort 

Worth, Texas 76137; telephone 817–222– 

5328; email robert.grant@faa.gov. 

(2) For operations conducted under a 14 

CFR part 119 operating certificate or under 


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14 CFR part 91, subpart K, we suggest that 

you notify your principal inspector, or 

lacking a principal inspector, the manager of 

the local flight standards district office or 

certificate holding district office, before 

operating any aircraft complying with this 

AD through an AMOC. 

(h) Additional Information 

(1) The Aircraft Maintenance Plan, DM No. 

39–A–60–40–00–01A–351A–D, which is not 

incorporated by reference, contains 

additional information about the subject of 

this AD. For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Agusta Westland, Customer 

Support & Services, Via Per Tornavento 15, 

21019 Somma Lombardo (VA) Italy, ATTN: 

Giovanni Cecchelli; telephone 39–0331– 

711133; fax 39 0331 711180; or at http://

www.agustawestland.com/technicalbullettins. You may review the referenced 

service information at the FAA, Office of the 

Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 2601 

Meacham Blvd., Room 663, Fort Worth, 

Texas 76137. 

(2) The subject of this AD is addressed in 

European Aviation Safety Agency AD No. 

2012–0262, dated December 14, 2012, which 

you may view in the AD Docket on the 

internet at http://www.regulations.gov in 

Docket No. 2013–0604. 

(i) Subject 

Joint Aircraft Service Component (JASC) 

Code: 3221: Nose Landing Gear Attach 

Section. 

(j) Material Incorporated by Reference 

(1) The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

(IBR) of the service information listed in this 

paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR 

part 51. 

(2) You must use this service information 

as applicable to do the actions required by 

this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise. 

(i) Agusta Bollettino Tecnico (BT) No. 139– 

306, dated December 12, 2012. 

(ii) Reserved. 

(3) For Agusta service information 

identified in this AD, contact Agusta 

Westland, Customer Support & Services, Via 

Per Tornavento 15, 21019 Somma Lombardo 

(VA) Italy, ATTN: Giovanni Cecchelli; 

telephone 39–0331–711133; fax 39 0331 

711180; or at http://

www.agustawestland.com/technicalbullettins. 

(4) You may view this service information 

at FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, 

Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., 

Room 663, Fort Worth, Texas 76137. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call (817) 222–5110. 

(5) You may view this service information 

that is incorporated by reference 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/cfr/ibrlocations.html. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on December 

5, 2013. 

Kim Smith, 

Directorate Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0661; Directorate 

Identifier 2013–CE–009–AD; Amendment 

39–17693; AD 2013–24–16] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; SchemppHirth Flugzeugbau GmbH Gliders 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for 

Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH 

Model Duo Discus T gliders. This AD 

results from mandatory continuing 

airworthiness information (MCAI) 

issued 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 the instructions provided 

to inspect the propeller hub and blades 

are insufficient for detecting cracks and/ 

or other damage, and other operating 

instructions provided by the flight and 

maintenance manual are incorrect and 

insufficient. We are issuing this AD to 

require actions to address the unsafe 

condition on these products. 

DATES: This AD is effective January 28, 

2014. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of certain publications listed in the AD 

as of January 28, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may examine the AD 

docket on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov; or in person at 

Document Management Facility, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Schempp-Hirth 

Flugzeugbau GmbH, Krebenstrasse 25, 

73230 Kirchheim/Teck, Germany; 

telephone: +49 7021 7298–0; fax: +49 

7021 7298–199; email: info@schempphirth.com; Internet: http://

www.schempp-hirth.com. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Rutherford, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, 

Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, 

Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; 

telephone: (816) 329–4165; fax: (816) 

329–4090; email: jim.rutherford@

faa.gov. 

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 July 29, 2013 (78 FR 45471). 

That NPRM proposed to correct an 

unsafe condition for the specified 

products. The MCAI states: 

It was found that the accomplishment 

instructions provided to check the powered 

sailplane’s propeller hub and blades were not 

sufficient to detect cracks and/or other 

damage. The results of a subsequent manual 

review revealed that some other operating 

instructions provided by the sailplane flight 

and maintenance manual were neither 

correct nor sufficient. 

This condition, if not corrected, could lead 

to operation of the powered sailplane outside 

its certified limits. 

To address this unsafe condition, EASA 

issued AD 2013–0012 to require amendment 

of sailplane flight- and maintenance manuals 

to correct the operating instruction 

deficiencies and inaccuracies and, for Arcus 

T sailplanes that had been repaired before the 

applicable maintenance manual update, an 

elevator or wing flap hinge moment weight 

check, as applicable. 

Since that AD was published, SchemppHirth Flugzeugbau GmbH determined that 

Action 3 of the accomplishment instructions 

of Technical Note (Technische Mitteilung) 

(TN) 890–13, referenced for Duo Discus T 

sailplanes, was incorrect for S/N 1 through 

174. To correct this erroneous maintenance 

instruction, Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau 

GmbH issued TN 890–13 issue 2. 

For the reasons described above, this AD 

retains the requirements of EASA AD 2013– 

0012, which is superseded, and requires, for 

certain Duo Discus T powered sailplanes, the 

use of instructions as provided in TN 890– 

13 issue 2. 

The MCAI requires exchange of flight 

manual pages (which introduces a 

repetitive inspection of the power 

plant), exchange of maintenance manual 

pages, exchange of cockpit placards, and 

transfer of weight and balance data. 

EASA AD No.: 2013–0054, dated March 

5, 2013, supersedes EASA AD No. 

2013–0012, dated January 15, 2013. No 


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