45710 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 189 / Monday, October 2, 2017 / Rules and Regulations 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on 

September 18, 2017. 

Dionne Palermo, 

Acting Director, System Oversight Division, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20831 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2017–0099; Product 

Identifier 2017–NE–02–AD; Amendment 39– 

19035; AD 2017–19–05] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Siemens 

S.A.S. Smoke Detectors 

Republication 

Editorial Note: Rule document 2017– 

20425 was originally published on pages 

44717 through 44720 in the issue of Tuesday, 

September 26, 2017. In that publication, on 

page 44719, in Figure 1, a number was 

omitted from the first entry under column 

‘‘P/N’’. Also in that publication, on page 

44720, in Figure 3, a number was omitted 

from the table heading. The corrected 

document is published here in its entirety. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

Siemens S.A.S. smoke detectors 

installed on various transport category 

airplanes. This AD requires inspection 

and replacement of the affected smoke 

detectors. This AD was prompted by a 

report that the affected smoke detectors 

failed an acceptance test. We are issuing 

this AD to correct the unsafe condition 

on these products. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective 

October 31, 2017. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of certain publications listed in this AD 

as of October 31, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: For service information 

identified in this final rule, contact 

Siemens, Aviation Customer Support, 

697 Rue Fourny, 78530 Buc, France; 

phone: (33) 1 3084 6650; fax: (33) 1 3956 

1364. You may view this service 

information at the FAA, Engine and 

Propeller Standards Branch, Policy and 

Innovation Division, 1200 District 

Avenue, Burlington, MA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 781- 238–7125. 

It is also available on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov by searching 

for and locating Docket No. FAA–2017– 

0099. 

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–2017– 

0099; 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 mandatory 

continuing airworthiness information 

(MCAI), 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: Erin 

Hulverson, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, 

Boston ACO Branch, Compliance and 

Airworthiness Division, 1200 District 

Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803; phone: 

781–238–7655; fax: 781–238–7199; 

email: erin.hulverson@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion 

We issued a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR 

part 39 by adding an AD that would 

apply to the specified products. The 

NPRM was published in the Federal 

Register on April 20, 2017 (82 FR 

18588). The NPRM proposed to correct 

an unsafe condition for the specified 

products. The MCAI states: 

During a maintenance operation, some 

smoke detectors P/N PMC1102–02 failed an 

acceptance test, due to a significant degraded 

optical sensitivity. Investigation results 

concluded that light-emitting diodes (LED) 

were abnormally degraded, affecting specific 

batches where changes occurred in the LED 

manufacturer production process. Further 

investigation has determined that the affected 

LED have been installed on smoke detectors 

manufactured between November 2010 and 

January 2013, and on certain repaired units. 

This condition, if not corrected, will 

generate an abnormal ageing of the smoke 

detector, leading to a decrease of the light 

intensity capability, possibly resulting in 

failure to detect smoke and consequent risk 

of an on-board uncontrolled fire. 

You may obtain further information 

by examining the MCAI in the AD 

docket on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2017– 

0099. 

Comments 

We gave the public the opportunity to 

participate in developing this AD. We 

considered the comments received. 

Comment on Certifying Authority 

The European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA) commented that the affected 

smoke detectors were approved by 

EASA rather than by France. 

We agree. These smoke detectors were 

approved by EASA. We did not change 

this AD because this AD does not 

reference the certifying authority for 

these smoke detectors. The section 

commented on by EASA exists only in 

the ‘‘Determination and Requirements of 

This Proposed AD’’ section of the 

NPRM. We did not change this AD. 

Request To Revise Applicability 

Delta Air Lines (Delta) requested that 

we revise the Applicability section of 

this AD to remove the reference to the 

date range when certain affected smoke 

detectors were produced. Delta 

indicated that the NPRM may be 

interpreted as implying that there are 

more affected smoke detector serial 

numbers than those identified in 

paragraph 1/D/ of Siemens Service 

Information Letter (SIL) PMC–26–002, 

Revision No. 1, dated January 2016, and 

of SIL PMC–26–003, Revision No. 2, 

dated February, 2016. Delta commented 

that removing the date range from the 

Applicability section of this AD would 

clarify applicability for operators. 

We agree. We find that providing the 

part numbers (P/Ns) and serial numbers 

(S/Ns) for the affected smoke detectors 

sufficiently identifies all affected 

detectors. We revised this AD by 

removing the reference to the 

production date range from the 

Applicability section of this AD. 

Request To Revise Compliance 

Schedule 

Delta requested that we revise 

paragraph (f)(2) in the compliance 

section of this AD to indicate that 

repaired units identified in Figure (1) to 

paragraph (c) of this AD should be 

replaced within 5 months after the 

effective date of this AD. Delta 

commented that the NPRM does not 

specify when these affected detectors 

are to be replaced. 

We agree. We revised the compliance 

section of this AD to specify that smoke 

detectors identified in paragraph (c)(2) 

of this AD must be replaced within 5 

months after the effective date of this 

AD. 

Support for This AD 

The Air Line Pilots Association, 

International, commented that it 


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supports the intent of this AD to correct 

the unsafe condition on the affected 

products. 

Conclusion 

We reviewed the available data, 

including the comments received, and 

determined that air safety and the 

public interest require adopting this AD 

with the changes described previously. 

We determined that these changes will 

not increase the economic burden on 

any operator or increase the scope of 

this AD. 

Related Service Information Under 1 

CFR Part 51 

Siemens has issued SIL No. PMC–26– 

002, Revision No. 1, dated January 2016 

and SIL No. PMC–26–003, Revision No. 

2, dated February 2016. SIL No. PMC 

26–002 provides a list of S/Ns for 

affected smoke detectors, P/Ns 

PMC1102–02, PMC3100–00, and 

GMC1102–02, known to be installed on 

Airbus A330 passenger, A330 freighter, 

and A380 airplanes. SIL No. PMC 26– 

003 provides a list of S/Ns for affected 

smoke detectors, P/N PMC1102, known 

to be installed on Boeing B737–400 

airplanes that have been converted via 

supplemental type certificate from a 

passenger to a freighter airplane. This 

service information is reasonably 

available because the interested parties 

have access to it through their normal 

course of business or by the means 

identified in the ADDRESSES section. 

Costs of Compliance 

We estimate that this AD affects an 

unknown number of smoke detectors 

installed on, but not limited to, various 

aircraft of U.S. registry. 

We estimate the following costs to 

comply with this AD: 

ESTIMATED COSTS

Action Labor cost Parts cost Cost per 

product 

Inspection ......................................... 0.2 work-hours × $85 per hour = $17 ....................................................... $0 $17 

Replacement .................................... 0.8 work-hours × $85 per hours = $68 ..................................................... 1,285 1,353 

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. 

This AD is issued in accordance with 

authority delegated by the Executive 

Director, Aircraft Certification Service, 

as authorized by FAA Order 8000.51C. 

In accordance with that order, issuance 

of ADs is normally a function of the 

Compliance and Airworthiness 

Division, but during this transition 

period, the Executive Director has 

delegated the authority to issue ADs 

applicable to engines, propellers, and 

appliances to the Manager, Engine and 

Propeller Standards Branch, Policy and 

Innovation Division. 

Regulatory Findings 

We 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 this AD: 

(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. 

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): 

2017–19–05 Siemens S.A.S.: Amendment 

39–19035; Docket No. FAA–2017–0099; 

Product Identifier 2017–NE–02–AD. 

(a) Effective Date 

This AD becomes effective October 31, 

2017. 

(b) Affected ADs 

None. 

(c) Applicability 

(1) This AD applies to Siemens S.A.S. 

smoke detectors, part numbers (P/Ns) 

PMC1102–02, PMC3100–00, and GMC1102– 

02, with serial numbers (S/Ns) listed in 

paragraph 1/D/ of Siemens Service 

Information Letter (SIL) No. PMC–26–002, 

Revision No. 1, dated January 2016; or 

paragraph 1/D/ of Siemens SIL No. PMC–26– 

003, Revision No. 2, dated February 2016. 

(2) This AD also applies to those smoke 

detectors with P/Ns and S/Ns listed in Figure 

1 to paragraph (c) of this AD; installed on, 

but not limited to, any airplane, certificated 

in any category, listed in paragraphs (c)(2)(i) 

or (ii) of this AD. 


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FIGURE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (c) OF THIS AD—P/N AND S/NS OF REPAIRED SMOKE DETECTORS

P/N S/N 

PMC1102–02 .... 2129, 2281, 2335, 2343, 2356, 2399, 2411, 2428, 2588, 2731, 2851, 2888, 3658, 3696, 3710, 3729, 3731, 5032, 5039, 5040, 

5107, 5216, 5233, 50069, 50075, 50087, 50122, 50204, 50250, 50264, 50268, 50270, 50272, 50366 and 50386. 

PMC3100–00 .... 201, 208, 213, 227, 260, 268, 312, 528, 588, 592, 606, 652, 655, 660, 667, 50037, 50046, 50058, 50060, 50062, 50067, 

50070, 50072 and 50090. 

(i) in production on Airbus A330, A330 

freighter, and A380 airplanes; 

(ii) in service by supplemental type 

certificate modification on: 

(A) Airbus A319 and A320, and 

Bombardier CL–600–2B19 (Challenger 850), 

Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) DC–9 

series 80 airplanes; and 

(B) Boeing 737–400 (BDSF), 767, and 747– 

8 airplanes. 

(d) Subject 

Joint Aircraft System Component (JASC) 

Code 2611, Smoke Detection. 

(e) Reason 

This AD was prompted by a report that the 

affected smoke detectors failed an acceptance 

test. We are issuing this AD to prevent failure 

of the smoke detector, on-board uncontrolled 

fire, and damage to the airplane. 

(f) Compliance 

Comply with this AD within the 

compliance times specified, unless already 

done. 

(1) Within 30 days after the effective date 

of this AD, inspect each Siemens smoke 

detector, or review your maintenance 

records, to determine if an affected detector 

is installed. 

(2) For smoke detectors identified in 

paragraph (c)(1) of this AD, replace the 

detectors within the compliance times 

specified in Figures 2, 3, and 4 to paragraph 

(f) of this AD. 

FIGURE 2 TO PARAGRAPH (f) OF THIS

AD—P/N PMC1102–02 

[Cargo compartments] 

Manufacturing date 

(month/year) 

Compliance time 

(after the effective 

date of this AD) 

122010 to 112011 inclusive.Within 5 months. 

122011 to 012013 inclusive.Within 11 months. 

FIGURE 3 TO PARAGRAPH (f) OF THIS

AD—P/N PMC3100–00 DETECTORS

[Cargo compartments] 

Manufacturing date 

(month/year) 

Compliance time 

(after the effective 

date of this AD) 

032011 to 012012 inclusive.Within 5 months. 

022012 to 012013 inclusive.Within 11 months. 

FIGURE 4 TO PARAGRAPH (f) OF THIS

AD—P/N GMC1102–02 

[Passenger cabin or any other location] 

Manufacturing date 

(month/year) 

Compliance time 

(after the effective 

date of this AD) 

112010 to 022012 inclusive.Within 24 months. 

032012 to 122012 inclusive.Within 36 months. 

(3) For smoke detectors identified in 

paragraph (c)(2) of this AD, replace the 

detectors within 5 months after the effective 

date of this AD. 

(g) Installation Prohibition 

After the effective date of this AD, do not 

install on any airplane a smoke detector: 

(1) With a manufacturing date and P/N 

listed in Figure 2 or 3 to paragraph (f) of this 

AD; 

(2) listed in Figure 4 to paragraph (f) of this 

AD unless the detector is marked ‘SIL PMC– 

26–002’. 

(h) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(1) The Manager, FAA, Boston ACO 

Branch, Compliance and Airworthiness 

Division, 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 Boston ACO Branch, 

send it to the attention of the person 

identified in paragraph (i)(1) 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. 

(i) Related Information 

(1) For more information about this AD, 

contact Erin Hulverson, Aerospace Engineer, 

FAA, Boston ACO Branch, Compliance and 

Airworthiness Division, 1200 District 

Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803; phone: 781– 

238–7655; fax: 781–238–7199; email: 

erin.hulverson@faa.gov. 

(2) Refer to MCAI European Aviation 

Safety Agency AD 2016–0024, dated January 

26, 2016, for more information. You may 

examine the MCAI in the AD docket on the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching for and locating it in Docket No. 

FAA–2017–0099. 

(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) Siemens Service Information Letter (SIL) 

No. PMC–26–002, Revision No. 1, dated 

January 2016. 

(ii) Siemens SIL No. PMC–26–003, 

Revision No. 2, dated February 2016. 

(3) For Siemens service information 

identified in this AD, contact Siemens, 

Aviation Customer Support, 697 Rue Fourny, 

78530 Buc, France; phone: (33) 1 3084 6650; 

fax: (33) 1 3956 1364. 

(4) You may view this service information 

at FAA, Engine and Propeller Standards 

Branch, Policy and Innovation Division, 1200 

District Avenue, Burlington, MA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 781–238–7125. 

(5) You may view this service information 

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 Burlington, Massachusetts, on 

September 20, 2017. 

Robert J. Ganley, 

Manager, Engine and Propeller Standards 

Branch, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20425 Filed: 9–25–2017; 8:45 

am; Publication Date: 9–26–2017] 

Editorial Note: Rule document 2017– 

20425 was originally published on pages 

44717 through 44720 in the issue of Tuesday, 

September 26, 2017. In that publication, on 

page 44719, in Figure 1, a number was 

omitted from the first entry under column 

‘‘P/N’’. Also in that publication, on page 

44720, in Figure 3, a number was omitted 

from the table heading. The corrected 

document is published here in its entirety. 

[FR Doc. R1–2017–20425 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am] 

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