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Vol. 80, No. 80 

Monday, April 27, 2015 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 23 

[Docket No. CE287; Special Conditions No. 

23–227–SC] 

Special Conditions: Honda Aircraft 

Company Model HA–420 Hondajet, Fire 

Extinguishing; Withdrawal 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final special conditions; 

withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing a 

previously published notice granting 

special conditions for the Honda 

Aircraft Company model HA–420 jet 

airplane. We are withdrawing Special 

Condition No. 23–227–SC through 

mutual agreement with Honda Aircraft 

Company. 

DATES: This special condition published 

on September 23, 2008 (73 FR 54675) is 

withdrawn, effective April 27, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Pretz, Federal Aviation Administration, 

Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service, 901 Locust, Room 

301, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone 

(816) 329–3239; facsimile (816) 329– 

4090, email jeff.pretz@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 23, 2008, the FAA 

published Special Condition No. 23– 

227–SC for the Honda Aircraft Company 

new model HA–420. The HA–420 is a 

four to five passenger (depending on 

configuration), two crew, lightweight 

business jet with a 43,000-foot service 

ceiling and a maximum takeoff weight 

of 9,963 pounds. The airplane is 

powered by two GE-Honda Aero 

Engines (GHAE) HF–120 turbofan 

engines mounted above the wings 

towards the aft of the airplane. 

On October 11, 2006, Honda Aircraft 

Company applied for a type certificate 

for their new Model HA–420 aircraft. 

On October 10, 2013, Honda Aircraft 

Company requested an extension with 

an effective application date of October 

1, 2013. This extension changed the 

type certification basis to amendment 

23–62. 

Reason for Withdrawal 

The FAA is withdrawing Special 

Condition No. 23–227–SC because 

Honda Aircraft Company elected to 

revise the model HA–420 certification 

basis to amendment 23–62. This 

amendment contains adequate and 

appropriate standards for engine fire 

extinguishing systems. 

The authority citation for this Special 

Condition withdrawal is 49 U.S.C. 

106(g), 40113 and 44701; 14 CFR 21.16 

and 21.17; and 14 CFR 11.38 and 11.19. 

Conclusion 

Withdrawal of this special condition 

does not preclude the FAA from issuing 

another notice on the subject matter in 

the future or committing the agency to 

any future course of action. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri on April 

20, 2015. 

Earl Lawrence, 

Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09742 Filed 4–24–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 23 

[Docket No. CE277; Special Conditions No. 

23–217–SC] 

Special Conditions: Honda Aircraft 

Company Model HA–420 Hondajet, 

Protection of Systems for High 

Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF); 

Withdrawal 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final special conditions; 

withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing a 

previously published notice granting 

special conditions for the Honda 

Aircraft Company model HA–420 jet 

airplane. We are withdrawing Special 

Condition No. 23–217–SC through 

mutual agreement with Honda Aircraft 

Company. 

DATES: This special condition published 

on December 10, 2007 (72 FR 69572) is 

withdrawn, effective April 27, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Brady, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Small Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification 

Service, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas 

City, MO 64106; telephone (816) 329– 

4132; facsimile (816) 329–4090, email 

james.brady@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 10, 2007, the FAA 

published Special Condition No. 23– 

217–SC for the Honda Aircraft Company 

new model HA–420. The HA–420 is a 

four to five passenger (depending on 

configuration), two crew, lightweight 

business jet with a 43,000-foot service 

ceiling and a maximum takeoff weight 

of 9963 pounds. The airplane is 

powered by two GE-Honda Aero 

Engines (GHAE) HF–120 turbofan 

engines mounted above the wings 

towards the aft of the airplane. 

On October 11, 2006, Honda Aircraft 

Company applied for a type certificate 

for their new Model HA–420 aircraft. 

On October 10, 2013, Honda Aircraft 

Company requested an extension with 

an effective application date of October 

1, 2013. This extension changed the 

type certification basis to amendment 

23–62. 

Reason for Withdrawal 

The FAA is withdrawing Special 

Condition No. 23–217–SC because 

Honda Aircraft Company elected to 

revise the model HA–420 certification 

basis to amendment 23–62. This 

amendment contains adequate and 

appropriate standards for HIRF. 

The authority citation for this Special 

Condition withdrawal is 49 U.S.C. 

106(g), 40113 and 44701; 14 CFR 21.16 

and 21.17; and 14 CFR 11.38 and 11.19. 

Conclusion 

Withdrawal of this special condition 

does not preclude the FAA from issuing 

another notice on the subject matter in 

the future or committing the agency to 

any future course of action. 


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Issued in Kansas City, Missouri on April 

20, 2015. 

Earl Lawrence, 

Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09743 Filed 4–24–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2014–0655; Directorate 

Identifier 2013–NM–070–AD; Amendment 

39–18142; AD 2015–08–06] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus 

Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are superseding 

Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2007–14– 

05 for all Airbus Model A310 and Model 

A300 B4–600, B4–600R, and F4–600R 

series airplanes, and Model A300 C4– 

605R Variant F airplanes (collectively 

called Model A300–600 series 

airplanes). AD 2007–14–05 required 

revising the Airworthiness Limitations 

section of the Instructions for Continued 

Airworthiness by incorporating certain 

certification maintenance requirements. 

This new AD requires revising the 

maintenance or inspection program to 

incorporate more restrictive 

maintenance requirements and 

airworthiness limitations. This AD was 

prompted by a determination that more 

restrictive maintenance requirements 

and airworthiness limitations are 

necessary. We are issuing this AD to 

prevent safety-significant latent failures 

that would, in combination with one or 

more other specific failures or events, 

result in a hazardous or catastrophic 

failure condition of avionics, hydraulic 

systems, fire detection systems, fuel 

systems, or other critical systems. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective June 

1, 2015. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of certain publications listed in this AD 

as of June 1, 2015. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of certain other publications listed in 

this AD as of August 22, 2007 (72 FR 

39307, July 18, 2007). 

ADDRESSES: You may examine the AD 

docket on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=FAA–2014–0655; or 

in person at the Docket 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. 

For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Airbus SAS—EAW 

(Airworthiness Office), 1 Rond Point 

Maurice Bellonte, 31707 Blagnac Cedex, 

France; telephone +33 5 61 93 36 96; fax 

+33 5 61 93 44 51; email 

account.airworth-eas@airbus.com; 

Internet http://www.airbus.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. It is also 

available on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2014– 

0655. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

Rodina, Aerospace Engineer, 

International Branch, ANM–116, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 

98057–3356; telephone 425–227–2125; 

fax 425–227–1149. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion 

We issued a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR 

part 39 to supersede AD 2007–14–05, 

Amendment 39–15127 (72 FR 39307, 

July 18, 2007). AD 2007–14–05 applied 

to all Airbus Model A310 and A300–600 

series airplanes. The NPRM published 

in the Federal Register on October 1, 

2014 (79 FR 59154). 

The European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA), which is the Technical Agent 

for the Member States of the European 

Union, has issued EASA Airworthiness 

Directive 2013–0072, dated March 20, 

2013, corrected January 15, 2015, 

(referred to after this as the Mandatory 

Continuing Airworthiness Information, 

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

condition for all Airbus Model A310 

and Model A300 B4–600, B4–600R, and 

F4–600R series airplanes, and Model 

A300 C4–605R Variant F airplanes 

(collectively called Model A300–600 

series airplanes). The MCAI states: 

The airworthiness limitations for Airbus 

aeroplanes are currently published in 

Airworthiness Limitations Section (ALS) 

documents. 

The airworthiness limitations applicable to 

the A300–600 and A300–600ST Certification 

Maintenance Requirements (CMR) were 

previously specified in the Airbus A300–600 

CMR document referenced AUST5/829//85. 

DGAC [Direction Ge ́ne ́rale de l’Aviation 

Civile] France issued AD F2005–123 http:// 

ad.easa.europa.eu/blob/

easa_ad_F_2005_123.pdf/AD_F-2005-123 

(EASA approval 2005–6070) [which 

corresponds to FAA AD 2007–14–05, 

Amendment 39–15127 (72 FR 39307, July 18, 

2007)] to require compliance to the 

requirements as specified in this document. 

Since that AD was issued, the CMR tasks 

are now specified in Airbus A300–600 and 

Airbus A310 ALS Part 3 documents, which 

are approved by the European Aviation 

Safety Agency (EASA). These documents 

introduce more restrictive maintenance 

requirements and/or airworthiness 

limitations. Failure to comply with the 

maintenance requirements contained in these 

documents could result in an unsafe 

condition. 

For the reasons described above, this new 

[EASA] AD retains the requirements of DGAC 

France AD F–2005–123, which is 

superseded, and requires the implementation 

of the new or more restrictive maintenance 

requirements as specified in Airbus A310 

ALS Part 3 Revision 00 and A300–600 ALS 

Part 3 Revision 00, as applicable to the 

aeroplane type/model. 

This [EASA] AD is republished to correct 

typographical errors of the MRBR tasks 

numbers in Table 1 of the [EASA] AD. 

You may examine the MCAI in the 

AD docket on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=FAA-2014-0655- 

0002. 

Comments 

We gave the public the opportunity to 

participate in developing this AD. We 

received no comments on the NPRM (79 

FR 59154, October 1, 2014) or on the 

determination of the cost to the public. 

Conclusion 

We reviewed the relevant data and 

determined that air safety and the 

public interest require adopting this AD 

as proposed, with minor editorial 

changes. We have determined that these 

minor changes: 

• Are consistent with the intent that 

was proposed in the NPRM (79 FR 

59154, October 1, 2014) for correcting 

the unsafe condition; and 

• Do not add any additional burden 

upon the public than was already 

proposed in the NPRM (79 FR 59154, 

October 1, 2014). 

Related Service Information Under 1 

CFR Part 51 

Airbus has issued A310 

Airworthiness Limitations Section 

(ALS) Part 3, Certification Maintenance 

Requirements (CMR), dated November 

30, 2012. Airbus has also issued A300– 

600 ALS Part 3, Certification 

Maintenance Requirements (CMR), 

dated April 18, 2012. This service 

information describes mandatory 


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