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repeat the required actions of paragraph (e)(1) 

of this AD at intervals not to exceed 200 

additional hours TIS or 6 months, whichever 

occurs first. 

(3) Do not install a bolt that has 

accumulated more than 400 hours TIS on any 

helicopter unless it has passed the required 

actions of paragraph (e)(1) of this AD. 

(f) 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– 

5110; email robert.grant@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 

The subject of this AD is addressed in 

European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD 

No. 2013–0009, dated January 11, 2013. You 

may view the EASA AD on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov in Docket No. 

FAA–2013–0943. 

(h) Subject 

Joint Aircraft Service Component (JASC) 

Code: 6400, Tail Rotor. 

(i) 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) AgustaWestland Bollettino Tecnico No. 

109–135, December 19, 2012. 

(ii) AgustaWestland Bollettino Tecnico No. 

109EP–125, December 19, 2012. 

(iii) AgustaWestland Bollettino Tecnico 

No. 109K–55, December 19, 2012. 

(iv) AgustaWestland Bollettino Tecnico No. 

119–052, December 19, 2012. 

(3) For AgustaWestland service 

information identified in this AD, contact 

AgustaWestland, Product Support 

Engineering, Via del Gregge, 100, 21015 

Lonate Pozzolo (VA) Italy, ATTN: Maurizio 

D’Angelo; telephone 39–0331–664757; fax 

39–0331–664680; or at http://

www.agustawestland.com/technicalbulletins. 

(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 April 18, 

2014. 

Lance T. Gant, 

Acting Directorate Manager, Rotorcraft 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–09414 Filed 4–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2014–0023; Directorate 

Identifier 2013–CE–048–AD; Amendment 

39–17837; AD 2014–09–02] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; M7 

Aerospace LLC Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

M7 Aerospace LLC Models SA26–T, 

SA26–AT, SA226–AT, SA226–T, 

SA226–T(B), SA226–TC, SA227–AC (C– 

26A), SA227–AT, SA227–TT, SA227– 

BC (C–26A), SA227–CC, and SA227–DC 

(C–26B) airplanes. This AD was 

prompted by reports of jamming of the 

aileron control cable chain in the pilot 

and copilot control columns due to 

inadequate lubrication and maintenance 

of the chain. This AD requires 

repetitively replacing and lubricating 

the aileron chain, sprocket, and bearings 

in the control columns. We are issuing 

this AD to correct the unsafe condition 

on these products. 

DATES: This AD is effective June 5, 2014. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of certain publications listed in the AD 

as of June 5, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: For service information 

identified in this AD, contact M7 

Aerospace LP, 10823 NE Entrance Road, 

San Antonio, Texas 78216; phone: (210) 

824–9421; fax: (210) 804–7766; Internet: 

http://www.elbitsystems-us.com; email: 

none. 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. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating it in Docket No. FAA– 

2014–0023; 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 AD, the regulatory 

evaluation, any comments received, and 

other information. The address for the 

Docket Office (phone: 800–647–5527) is 

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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew McAnaul, Aerospace Engineer, 

FAA, ASW–150 (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: 

Discussion 

We issued a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR 

part 39 to include an AD that would 

apply to certain M7 Aerospace LLC 

Models SA26–T, SA26–AT, SA226–AT, 

SA226–T, SA226–T(B), SA226–TC, 

SA227–AC (C–26A), SA227–AT, 

SA227–TT, SA227–BC (C–26A), SA227– 

CC, and SA227–DC (C–26B) airplanes. 

The NPRM published in the Federal 

Register on January 21, 2014 (79 FR 

3336). The NPRM proposed to require 

repetitively replacing and lubricating 

the aileron chain, sprocket, and bearings 

in the control columns. 

Comments 

We gave the public the opportunity to 

participate in developing this AD. The 

following presents the comments 

received on the proposal and the FAA’s 

response to the comments. 

Request To Withdraw the Proposed AD 

Pat Kremer of Ameriflight, LLC stated 

that the proposed AD is too broad of a 

stroke across the industry because of a 

limited number of operators that have 

not performed maintenance to the level 

in the proposed AD. 

Pat Kremer also stated they replace 

the aileron chains every 10,000 hours 

time-in-service (TIS) (the compliance 

time in the proposed AD), along with 

the respective cables, on their fleet of 45 

Model SA227 airplanes, and they have 

only occasionally found bearings that 

are worn. He also stated that they have 

never found a faulty sprocket. 

From these statements, we infer that 

Pat Kremer wants the proposed AD 

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and already covered through general 

maintenance. 

We do not agree with the commenter. 

The flight hour and calendar 

replacement times in the proposed AD 

were based on service history showing 

wear and corrosion in the aileron chains 

and metal wear to the sprocket teeth. 

For example, a worn chain that jammed 

in the control column had only 7,000 

total hours TIS and 17 years in service. 

Another operator found a severely 

corroded chain that had been installed 

for 18 years. M7 Aerospace, LLC 

received two aileron chains replaced by 

an operator after 10,000 hours TIS and 

thought to be ‘‘good’’; however, M7 

found those chains had small metal 

particles within the grease, not from the 

chain but from worn sprockets. We also 

mirrored the required replacement times 

specified in the related service 

information provided by M7 Aerospace, 

LLC, the type certificate holder. M7 

Aerospace, LLC. Customer Support 

representatives have a long history with 

these airplanes and have regularly seen 

issues over the last 30 years where the 

chains and bearings need to be replaced. 

Based on their service history 

experience, M7 Aerospace, LLC believes 

and the FAA has determined that 

including replacement of the sprocket 

and bearing with the chain replacement 

more fully addresses the unsafe 

condition. Although some operators do 

repetitively replace the aileron chains 

during cable replacement without 

finding damage, the original 

maintenance requirements do not 

clearly require mandatory periodic 

replacement of the chain, sprocket, and 

bearings, as intended by the airplane’s 

manufacturer. We believe the 

replacement times in the proposed AD 

are necessary to assure that no unsafe 

condition develops due to an operator 

failing to comply with the proposed 

replacement times and lubrication 

requirements. 

We have not changed the final rule 

AD action based on this comment. 

Request To Incorporate Revised Service 

Bulletin 

M7 Aerospace, LLC requested that we 

incorporate Revision 3 of SA26 Series 

Service Bulletin 26–27–001, dated April 

8, 2014, into the AD to replace SA26 

Series Service Bulletin 26–27–001 R2, 

dated October 23, 2013. 

M7 Aerospace, LLC issued revision 3 

to correct the part number of the chain 

in Steps 1.D.(1)(a) NOTE, 1.D.(4), 

2.A.(2), and Table 1. Revision 3 also 

states that this part number chain must 

be used with new sprocket per Kit 

26K71004–001. The SA26 airplanes 

were supplied with chain P/N 26– 

71026–001 and sprocket P/N 26–71010– 

001 from the factory. This chain and 

sprocket are a matched set. The new 

replacement chain P/N 27–71026–003 

and sprocket included in kit P/N 

27K71004–001 are also a matched set. 

Do not cross mix and match these 

chains and sprockets as the sprockets 

have different teeth pitch to mate with 

their respective chain. Only install 

either the chain P/N 27–71026–003 with 

sprocket kit P/N 27K71004–001 as a 

matched set or alternatively chain P/N 

26–71026–001 with sprocket P/N 26– 

71010–001 as a matched set. 

We agree with the commenter and 

have changed the final rule AD action 

based on this comment. 

Conclusion 

We reviewed the relevant data, 

considered the comments received, and 

determined that air safety and the 

public interest require adopting the AD 

with the changes described previously 

and minor editorial changes. We have 

determined that these minor changes: 

• Are consistent with the intent that 

was proposed in the NPRM (79 FR 3336, 

January 21, 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 3336, 

January 21, 2014). 

We also determined that these 

changes will not increase the economic 

burden on any operator or increase the 

scope of the AD. 

Costs of Compliance 

We estimate that this AD affects 360 

airplanes of U.S. registry. 

We estimate the following costs to 

comply with this AD: 

ESTIMATED COSTS

Action Labor cost Parts cost Cost per 

product 

Cost on U.S. 

operators 

Replacing and lubricating the aileron chain, sprocket, 

and bearings in the control columns.

20 work-hours × $85 per hour = $1,700 $1,935 $3,635 $1,308,600 

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 

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, 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. 

Adoption of the Amendment 

Accordingly, under the authority 

delegated to me by the Administrator, 

the FAA amends 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): 

2014–09–02 M7 Aerospace LLC: 

Amendment 39–17837; Docket No. 

FAA–2014–0023; Directorate Identifier 

2013–CE–048–AD. 

(a) Effective Date 

This AD is effective June 5, 2014. 

(b) Affected ADs 

None. 

(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to M7 Aerospace LLC 

Models SA226–AT, SA226–T, SA226–T(B), 

SA226–TC, SA227–AC (C–26A), SA227–AT, 

SA227–TT, SA227–BC (C–26A), SA227–CC, 

and SA227–DC (C–26B) airplanes, all serial 

numbers; Model SA26–T airplanes, serial 

numbers T26–2 through T26–99; and Model 

SA26–AT airplanes, serial numbers AT26– 

100 through AT26–180E, certificated in any 

category. 

(d) Subject 

Joint Aircraft System Component (JASC)/

Air Transport Association (ATA) of America 

Code: 27, Flight Controls. 

(e) Unsafe Condition 

This AD was prompted by reports of 

jamming of the aileron control cable chain in 

the pilot and copilot control columns. We are 

issuing the AD to prevent jamming of the 

aileron control cable chain, which could 

result in loss of control. 

(f) Compliance 

Comply with this AD by doing the actions 

specified in paragraph (g) through paragraph 

(h) of this AD, including all subparagraphs, 

unless already done. 

(g) Initially Replace and Lubricate the 

Aileron Control Cable Chain, Sprocket, and 

Bearings 

Initially replace and lubricate the aileron 

control cable chain, sprocket, and bearings, 

and check the aileron control cable tension 

based on the conditions and compliance 

times in paragraphs (g)(1), (g)(2), and (g)(3) of 

this AD, including all subparagraphs. The 

corrosion preventative must be removed from 

the chain (but not the cable) and the required 

actions must be done following the 

Accomplishment Instructions in M7 

Aerospace LLC SA26 Series Service Bulletin 

26–27–001 R3, dated April 8, 2014; M7 

Aerospace LLC SA226 Series Service Bulletin 

226–27–074 R2, dated October 23, 2013; M7 

Aerospace LLC SA227 Series Service Bulletin 

227–27–054 R2, dated October 23, 2013; and 

M7 Aerospace LLC SA227 Series Commuter 

Category Service Bulletin CC7–27–026 R2, 

dated October 23, 2013, as applicable. 

Criteria for the term ‘‘properly lubricated’’ is 

included in paragraphs 5a, 5b, and 5c of the 

Accomplishment Instructions section of M7 

Aerospace LLC SA26 Series Service Bulletin 

26–27–001 R3, dated April 8, 2014, and 

paragraphs 6a, 6b, and 6c of the 

Accomplishment Instructions section of M7 

Aerospace LLC SA226 Series Service Bulletin 

226–27–074 R2, dated October 23, 2013; M7 

Aerospace LLC SA227 Series Service Bulletin 

227–27–054 R2, dated October 23, 2013; and 

M7 Aerospace LLC SA227 Series Commuter 

Category Service Bulletin CC7–27–026 R2, 

dated October 23, 2013. 

(1) A review of the airplane records 

positively indicates that the aileron control 

cable chain in the pilot’s and the copilot’s 

control columns have been replaced and 

properly lubricated: At whichever of the 

compliance times specified in paragraphs 

(g)(1)(i) or (g)(1)(ii) of this AD that occurs 

later. 

(i) On or before reaching 10,000 hours 

time-in-service (TIS) from the time of the last 

aileron control cable chain replacement or 

within 13 years from the date of the last 

aileron control cable chain replacement, 

whichever occurs first. 

(ii) Within the next 24 months from June 

5, 2014 (the effective date of this AD). 

(2) A review of the airplane records 

positively indicates that the aileron control 

cable chain in the pilot’s and the copilot’s 

control columns have been replaced within 

the last 10,000 hours TIS, but proper 

lubrication cannot be verified: At whichever 

of the compliance times specified in 

paragraphs (g)(2)(i) or (g)(2)(ii) of this AD that 

occurs first. 

(i) On or before reaching 10,000 hours TIS 

since the last replacement or within the next 

1,000 hours TIS after June 5, 2014 (the 

effective date of this AD), whichever occurs 

later. 

(ii) Within the next 24 months from June 

5, 2014 (the effective date of this AD). 

(3) A review of the airplane records does 

not positively indicate that the aileron 

control cable chain in the pilot’s and the 

copilot’s control columns have been replaced 

within the last 10,000 hours TIS: At the 

compliance times specified in paragraphs 

(g)(3)(i), (g)(3)(ii), (g)(3)(iii), and (g)(3)(iv) of 

this AD, as applicable. 

(i) For airplanes with less than 10,000 

hours TIS: At whichever of the compliance 

times specified in paragraphs (3)(i)(A) or 

(3)(i)(B) of this AD that occurs first: 

(A) On or before reaching 10,000 hours TIS 

or within the next 1,000 hours TIS after June 

5, 2014 (the effective date of this AD), 

whichever occurs later. 

(B) Within the next 24 months after June 

5, 2014 (the effective date of this AD). 

(ii) For airplanes with 10,000 hours TIS or 

more but less than 20,001 hours TIS: Within 

the next 1,000 hours TIS after June 5, 2014 

(the effective date of this AD) or within the 

next 12 calendar months after June 5, 2014 

(the effective date of this AD), whichever 

occurs first. 

(iii) For airplanes with 20,001 hours TIS or 

more but less than 30,001 hours TIS: Within 

the next 750 hours TIS after June 5, 2014 (the 

effective date of this AD) or within the next 

6 calendar months after June 5, 2014 (the 

effective date of this AD), whichever occurs 

first. 

(iv) For airplanes with 30,001 hours TIS or 

more: Within the next 400 hours TIS after 

June 5, 2014 (the effective date of this AD) 

or within the next 3 calendar months after 

June 5, 2014 (the effective date of this AD), 

whichever occurs first. 

(h) Repetitively Replace and Lubricate the 

Aileron Control Cable Chain, Sprocket, and 

Bearings 

Replace and lubricate the aileron control 

cable chain, sprocket, and bearings, and 

check the aileron control cable tension 

repetitively thereafter at intervals not to 

exceed 10,000 hours TIS or 13 years after the 

date of the last aileron control cable chain 

replacement, whichever occurs first. The 

corrosion preventative must be removed from 

the chain (but not the cable) and the required 

actions must be done following the 

Accomplishment Instructions in M7 

Aerospace LLC SA26 Series Service Bulletin 

26–27–001 R3, dated April 8, 2014; M7 

Aerospace LLC SA226 Series Service Bulletin 

226–27–074 R2, dated October 23, 2013; M7 

Aerospace LLC SA227 Series Service Bulletin 

227–27–054 R2, dated October 23, 2013; and 

M7 Aerospace LLC SA227 Series Commuter 

Category Service Bulletin CC7–27–026 R2, 

dated October 23, 2013, as applicable. 

(i) Credit for Actions Done Following 

Previous Service Information 

This AD allows credit for the actions 

required in paragraphs (g)(1) through (g)(3) of 

this AD, including all subparagraphs, if done 

before June 5, 2014 (the effective date of this 

AD), following M7 Aerospace LLC SA26 

Series Service Bulletin 26–27–001, dated 

June 6, 2013, or Service Bulletin 26–27–001 

R1, dated September 30, 2013; M7 Aerospace 

LLC SA226 Series Service Bulletin 226–27– 

074, dated June 6, 2013, or Service Bulletin 

226–27–074 R1, dated September 30, 2013; 

M7 Aerospace LLC SA227 Series Service 

Bulletin 227–27–054, dated June 6, 2013, or 

Service Bulletin 227–27–054 R1, dated 

September 30, 2013; and M7 Aerospace LLC 

SA227 Series Commuter Category Service 

Bulletin CC7–27–026, dated June 6, 2013, or 

Service Bulletin CC7–27–026 R1, dated 

September 30, 2013, as applicable. 

(j) Paperwork Reduction Act Burden 

Statement 

A federal agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, nor shall a person be subject to 

a penalty for failure to comply with a 

collection of information subject to the 

requirements of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act unless that collection of information 

displays a current valid OMB Control 

Number. The OMB Control Number for this 

information collection is 2120–0056. Public 

reporting for this collection of information is 

estimated to be approximately 5 minutes per 

response, including the time for reviewing 

instructions, completing and reviewing the 

collection of information. All responses to 

this collection of information are mandatory. 

Comments concerning the accuracy of this 

burden and suggestions for reducing the 

burden should be directed to the FAA at: 800 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 


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20591, Attn: Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, AES–200. 

(k) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(1) The Manager, Fort Worth Airplane 

Certification Office, 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 manager of the ACO, send it to the 

attention of the person identified in the 

Related Information section of this AD. 

(2) 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. 

(l) Related Information 

For more information about this AD, 

contact Andrew McAnaul, Aerospace 

Engineer, FAA, ASW–150 (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. 

(m) 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) M7 Aerospace LLC SA26 Series Service 

Bulletin 26–27–001 R3, dated April 8, 2014. 

(ii) M7 Aerospace LLC SA226 Series 

Service Bulletin 226–27–074 R2, dated 

October 23, 2013. 

(iii) M7 Aerospace LLC SA227 Series 

Service Bulletin 227–27–054 R2, dated 

October 23, 2013. 

(iv) M7 Aerospace LLC SA227 Series 

Commuter Category Service Bulletin CC7– 

27–026 R2, dated October 23, 2013. 

(3) For M7 Aerospace service information 

identified in this AD, contact M7 Aerospace 

LP, 10823 NE Entrance Road, San Antonio, 

Texas 78216; phone: (210) 824–9421; fax: 

(210) 804–7766; Internet: http://

www.elbitsystems-us.com; email: none. 

(4) You may view this service information 

at 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. 

(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 Kansas City, Missouri, on April 

18, 2014. 

Earl Lawrence, 

Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–09419 Filed 4–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2014–0031; Directorate 

Identifier 2013–CE–054–AD; Amendment 

39–17838; AD 2014–09–03] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; SOCATA 

Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are superseding 

Airworthiness Directive (AD) 99–07–11 

for SOCATA Model TBM 700 airplanes. 

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 cracks on the 

outboard hinge fittings. We are issuing 

this AD to require actions to address the 

unsafe condition on these products. 

DATES: This AD is effective June 5, 2014. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of a certain publication listed in the AD 

as of June 5, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may examine the AD 

docket on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2014– 

0031; 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 20590. 

For service information identified in 

this AD, contact SOCATA, Direction des 

Services, 65921 Tarbes Cedex 9, France; 

telephone +33 (0) 5 62 41 73 00; fax +33 

(0) 5 62 41 76 54, or for North America: 

SOCATA NORTH AMERICA, North 

Perry Airport, 7501 South Airport Road, 

Pembroke Pines, Florida 33023; 

telephone: (954) 893–1400; fax: (954) 

964–4141; email: mysocata@

socata.daher.com; Internet: 

www.mysocata.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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Albert Mercado, Aerospace Engineer, 

FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 

Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, 

Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329– 

4119; fax: (816) 329–4090; email: 

albert.mercado@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion 

We issued a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR 

part 39 to add an AD that would apply 

to certain SOCATA Model TBM 700 

airplanes. The NPRM was published in 

the Federal Register on January 27, 

2014 (79 FR 4300), and proposed to 

supersede AD 99–07–11, Amendment 

39–11096 (64 FR 14820, March 29, 

1999) (‘‘AD 99–07–11’’). 

Since we issued AD 99–07–11 (64 FR 

14820, March 29, 1999), SOCATA 

determined that the cause of the cracks 

in the horizontal stabilizer outboard 

hinge fitting was due to the incorrect 

installation of the fittings during 

production, which induced stress. 

SOCATA has issued new mandatory 

service information to require a 

modification to the outboard hinge 

fittings of the horizontal stabilizer to 

eliminate the stress. 

The European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA), which is the Technical Agent 

for the Member States of the European 

Community, has issued AD No. 2013– 

0035, dated February 22, 2013 (referred 

to after this as ‘‘the MCAI’’), to correct 

an unsafe condition for the specified 

products. The MCAI states: 

During the 1990s, several occurrences were 

reported of finding cracks in the outboard 

hinge fittings of the horizontal stabiliser on 

TBM 700 aeroplanes. 

This condition, if not detected and 

corrected, could result in rupture of the 

outboard hinge fittings, which would 

adversely affect the structural integrity of the 

horizontal stabiliser. The in-flight loss of the 

horizontal stabiliser would result in reduced 

control of the aeroplane, 

To address this unsafe condition, DGAC 

France issued AD 1999–060(A), requiring 

repetitive inspections of the fittings and, 

depending on findings, corrective action. 

After that AD was issued, SOCATA 

determined that the cause of the cracks was 

a wrong installation of the fittings during 

production, inducing stress. Consequently, 

DGAC France issued AD 2000–307(A), 

partially retaining the requirements of DGAC 

France AD 1999–060(A), which was 

superseded, and required, depending on 

findings, that the installation of the fittings 

of in-service aeroplanes be rectified by 


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