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(1) Continue in such capacity until 

discharged by the Secretary; 

(2) Carry out the obligations of the 

Board under any contracts or 

agreements entered into pursuant to the 

Order; 

(3) From time to time, account for all 

receipts and disbursements and deliver 

all property on hand, together with all 

books and records of the Board and the 

trustees, to such person or persons as 

the Secretary may direct; and 

(4) Upon request of the Secretary, 

execute such assignments or other 

instruments necessary and appropriate 

to vest in such persons title and right to 

all funds, property and claims vested in 

the Board or the trustees pursuant to the 

Order. 

(c) Any person to whom funds, 

property or claims have been transferred 

or delivered pursuant to the Order shall 

be subject to the same obligations 

imposed upon the Board and upon the 

trustees. 

(d) Any residual funds not required to 

defray the necessary expenses of 

liquidation shall be turned over to the 

Secretary to be disposed of, to the extent 

practical, to one or more hardwood 

lumber and hardwood plywood 

industry organizations in the interest of 

continuing hardwood lumber and 

hardwood plywood promotion, research 

and information programs. 

§ 1211.84 Effect of termination or 

amendment. 

Unless otherwise expressly provided 

by the Secretary, the termination or 

amendment of this part or any subpart 

thereof, shall not: 

(a) Affect or waive any right, duty, 

obligation or liability which shall have 

arisen or which may thereafter arise in 

connection with any provision of this 

part; or 

(b) Release or extinguish any violation 

of this part; or 

(c) Affect or impair any rights or 

remedies of the United States, or of the 

Secretary, or of any other persons with 

respect to any such violation. 

§ 1211.85 Personal liability. 

No member or employee of the Board 

shall be held personally responsible, 

either individually or jointly with 

others, in any way whatsoever, to any 

person for errors in judgment, mistakes, 

or other acts, either of commission or 

omission, as such member or employee, 

except for acts of dishonesty or willful 

misconduct. 

§ 1211.86 Separability. 

If any provision of this subpart is 

declared invalid or the applicability 

thereof to any person or circumstances 

is held invalid, the validity of the 

remainder of this subpart or the 

applicability thereof to other persons or 

circumstances shall not be affected 

thereby. 

§ 1211.87 Amendments. 

Amendments to this subpart may be 

proposed from time to time by the Board 

or by any interested person affected by 

the provisions of the Act, including the 

Secretary. 

§ 1211.88 OMB control number. 

The control numbers assigned to the 

information collection requirements of 

this part by the Office of Management 

and Budget pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35, are OMB control number 

0505–0001 (Board nominee background 

statement) and OMB control number 

0581–NEW. 

Dated: June 1, 2015. 

Erin Morris, 

Associate Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–1998; Directorate 

Identifier 2014–SW–035–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; MD 

Helicopters Inc. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for MD 

Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) Model 500N 

and 600N helicopters with certain 

rotating cone assemblies installed. This 

proposed AD would require establishing 

a life limit of 10,000 hours time-inservice (TIS) on these rotating cone 

assemblies. This proposed AD is 

prompted by the determination that 

MDHI created rotating cone assemblies 

with new dash numbers but incorrectly 

failed to identify them as life-limited 

parts. The proposed actions are 

intended to prevent operation of 

rotating cone assemblies past their life 

limits, failure of the rotating cone 

assemblies, loss of directional control, 

and subsequent loss of control of the 

helicopter. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by August 10, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Docket: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Send comments to the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to the 

‘‘Mail’’ address between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

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 proposed AD, the 

economic 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 service information identified in 

this proposed AD, contact MD 

Helicopters, Inc., Attn: Customer 

Support Division, 4555 E. McDowell 

Rd., Mail Stop M615, Mesa, AZ 85215– 

9734; telephone 1–800–388–3378; fax 

480–346–6813; or at http://

www.mdhelicopters.com. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Galib Abumeri, Aerospace Engineer, Los 

Angeles Aircraft Certification Office, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA, 

3960 Paramount Blvd., Lakewood, 

California 90712, telephone 562–627– 

5324; email Galib.Abumeri@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

We invite you to participate in this 

rulemaking by submitting written 

comments, data, or views. We also 

invite comments relating to the 

economic, environmental, energy, or 

federalism impacts that might result 

from adopting the proposals in this 

document. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific portion of the 

proposal, explain the reason for any 


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recommended change, and include 

supporting data. To ensure the docket 

does not contain duplicate comments, 

commenters should send only one copy 

of written comments, or if comments are 

filed electronically, commenters should 

submit only one time. 

We will file in the docket all 

comments that we receive, as well as a 

report summarizing each substantive 

public contact with FAA personnel 

concerning this proposed rulemaking. 

Before acting on this proposal, we will 

consider all comments we receive on or 

before the closing date for comments. 

We will consider comments filed after 

the comment period has closed if it is 

possible to do so without incurring 

expense or delay. We may change this 

proposal in light of the comments we 

receive. 

Discussion 

We propose to adopt a new AD for 

MDHI Model 500N helicopters with a 

rotating cone assembly part number (P/ 

N) 500N3740–81 installed and Model 

600N helicopters with a rotating cone 

assembly P/N 500N3740–71 installed. 

This proposed AD would require 

establishing a new life limit for these 

part-numbered rotating cone assemblies. 

This proposed AD is prompted by the 

determination that MDHI created 

rotating cone assemblies with new dash 

numbers and did not identify them as 

life-limited parts. Although these parts 

have a life limit of 10,000 hours TIS, 

they were incorrectly omitted from the 

Airworthiness Limitation Section of the 

Rotorcraft Flight Manual. MDHI reports 

that some of the affected parts were sold 

as spares while others were installed on 

new helicopters in production. 

The proposed actions are intended to 

prevent a rotating cone assembly 

remaining in service beyond its fatigue 

life. This condition could result in 

failure of the rotating cone assembly and 

subsequent loss of control of the 

helicopter. 

FAA’s Determination 

We are proposing this AD because we 

evaluated all known relevant 

information and determined that an 

unsafe condition exists and is likely to 

exist or develop on other products of 

these same type designs. 

Related Service Information 

MDHI issued Service Bulletin 

SB500N–046 and SB600N–054 (SB) as a 

single bulletin on July 9, 2012. The SB 

calls for a one-time inspection within 

100 flight hours to determine the 

rotating cone assembly’s part number on 

MDHI Model 500N and 600N 

helicopters. The SB then states to 

correct the component record for certain 

rotating cone assemblies. 

The SB also specifies determining the 

rotating cone assembly’s total service 

time since new and recording this on 

the component record. MDHI reports 

that failure to comply with the SB may 

result in an aircraft exceeding the life 

limit of the rotating cone assembly and 

that this could lead to component 

failure and loss of directional control of 

the helicopter. 

Proposed AD Requirements 

This proposed AD would require 

within 1 year or at the next annual 

inspection, whichever comes later: 

• Creating a component history card 

or equivalent record for the rotating 

cone assembly, P/N 500N3740–81 or P/ 

N 500N3740–71, whichever applies to 

your helicopter, and recording a life 

limit of 10,000 hours TIS. 

• Revising the Airworthiness 

Limitations section of the applicable 

maintenance manual or the Instruction 

for Continued Airworthiness by 

establishing a new retirement life of 

10,000 hours TIS for each rotating cone 

assembly. Accomplish this requirement 

by making pen-and-ink changes or 

inserting a copy of this AD into the 

applicable maintenance manual or the 

Instruction for Continued 

Airworthiness. 

• Removing from service any rotating 

cone assembly, P/N 500N3740–81 or P/ 

N 500N3740–71, that has 10,000 or 

more hours TIS. Installing rotating cone 

assembly, P/N 500N3740–81 or P/N 

500N3740–71, is prohibited unless you 

have complied with the previous 

requirements of this AD. 

Differences Between This Proposed AD 

and the Service Information 

The SB calls for inspecting the 

rotating cone assembly to determine its 

P/N. We make no requirement about 

how to determine the P/N. The 

compliance time for the SB is within 

100 flight hours, while this proposed 

AD would require compliance within 1 

year or by the next annual inspection, 

whichever comes later. 

Costs of Compliance 

We estimate that this proposed AD 

would affect 8 helicopters of U.S. 

Registry and that labor costs average $85 

a work hour. Based on these estimates, 

we expect creating a component history 

card and revising the appropriate 

records would take 1 work-hour. No 

parts would be needed for a total cost 

of $85 per helicopter and $680 for the 

U.S. fleet. 

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, 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 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 proposed 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. 

The Proposed Amendment 

Accordingly, under the authority 

delegated to me by the Administrator, 

the FAA proposes to amend 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 airworthiness 

directive (AD): 

MD Helicopters Inc.: Docket No. FAA–2015– 

1998; Directorate Identifier 2014–SW– 

035–AD. 

(a) Applicability 

This AD applies to MD Helicopters Inc. 

(MDHI) Model 500N with a rotating cone 

assembly part number (P/N) 500N3740–81 

installed, and Model 600N helicopters with 

a rotating cone assembly P/N 500N3740–71 

installed, certificated in any category. 

(b) Unsafe Condition 

This AD defines the unsafe condition as a 

rotating cone assembly remaining in service 

beyond its fatigue life. This condition could 

result in failure of the rotating cone assembly 

and loss of control of the helicopter. 

(c) Comments Due Date 

We must receive comments by August 10, 

2015. 

(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 

(1) Within 1 year or at the next annual 

inspection, whichever comes later: 

(i) Create a component history card or 

equivalent record for each rotating cone 

assembly, P/N 500N3740–81 and P/N 

500N3740–71, and record a life limit of 

10,000 hours time-in-service (TIS). 

(ii) Revise the Airworthiness Limitations 

Section of the applicable maintenance 

manual or Instructions for Continued 

Airworthiness by establishing a new 

retirement life of 10,000 hours TIS for each 

rotating cone assembly, P/N 500N3740–81 

and P/N 500N3740–71, by making pen-andink changes or by inserting a copy of this AD 

into the Airworthiness Limitations Section of 

the maintenance manual or the Instructions 

for Continued Airworthiness. 

(iii) Remove from service any rotating cone 

assembly, P/N 500N3740–81 and P/N 

500N3740–71, that has 10,000 or more hours 

TIS. 

(2) Do not install a rotating cone assembly, 

P/N 500N3740–81 or P/N 500N3740–71, on 

any helicopter unless you have complied 

with the requirements of this AD. 

(f) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOC) 

(1) The Manager, Los Angeles Aircraft 

Certification Office, FAA, may approve 

AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: 

Galib Abumeri, Aerospace Engineer, Los 

Angeles Aircraft Certification Office, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA, 3960 

Paramount Blvd., Lakewood, California 

90712, telephone 562–627–5324; email 9- 

ANM-LAACO-AMOC-REQUESTS@faa.gov. 

(2) For operations conducted under a 14 

CFR part 119 operating certificate or under 

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. 

(g) Additional Information 

MD Helicopters Inc. Service Bulletin 

SB500N–046/SB600N–054, dated July 9, 

2012, which is not incorporated by reference, 

contains additional information about the 

subject of this AD. For service information 

identified in this AD, contact MD 

Helicopters, Inc., Attn: Customer Support 

Division, 4555 E. McDowell Rd., Mail Stop 

M615, Mesa, AZ 85215–9734; telephone 1– 

800–388–3378; fax 480–346–6813; or at 

http://www.mdhelicopters.com. You may 

review a copy of information at the FAA, 

Office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest 

Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Room 663, Fort 

Worth, Texas 76137. 

(h) Subject 

Joint Aircraft Service Component (JASC) 

Code: 5302, Rotorcraft Tail Boom. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 29, 

2015. 

Lance T. Gant, 

Acting Directorate Manager, Rotorcraft 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–2048; Directorate 

Identifier 2015–CE–015–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; British 

Aerospace Regional Aircraft Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for British 

Aerospace Regional Aircraft Jetstream 

Series 3101 and Jetsream Model 3201 

airplanes. This proposed 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 missing countersunk 

washers under the head of the main 

landing gear trunnion cap tension bolts 

that could cause fatigue in the bolt 

shanks. We are issuing this proposed 

AD to require actions to address the 

unsafe condition on these products. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by July 24, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 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 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this proposed AD, contact BAE Systems 

(Operations) Limited, Customer 

Information Department, Prestwick 

International Airport, Ayrshire, KA9 

2RW, Scotland, United Kingdom; 

telephone: +44 1292 675207; fax: +44 

1292 675704; email: RApublications@

baesystems.com; Internet: http://

www.baesystems.com/Businesses/

RegionalAircraft/. You may review 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–2015– 

2048; 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 

(telephone (800) 647–5527) is in the 

ADDRESSES section. Comments will be 

available in the AD docket shortly after 

receipt. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Taylor Martin, Aerospace Engineer, 

FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 

Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, 

Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329– 

4138; fax: (816) 329–4090; email: 

taylor.martin@faa.gov. 


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