Document ID: FAA-2006-25414-0012
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Performance and Handling Qualities Requirements for Rotorcraft; Correcting Amendment
Posted Date: 2008-06-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 116)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 33876]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 27

[Docket No.: FAA-2006-25414; Amendment No. 27-44]
RIN 2120-AH87

 
Performance and Handling Qualities Requirements for Rotorcraft; 
Correcting Amendment

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting a previously published final rule 
entitled Performance and Handling Qualities Requirements for 
Rotorcraft. In that final rule, we inadvertently left two cited 
references unchanged. The intent of this action is to correct the error 
in the regulation to ensure the requirement is clear and accurate.

DATES: Effective June 16, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning 
this final rule contact Jeff Trang, Rotorcraft Standards Staff, ASW-
111, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, Texas 76193-0111; 
telephone (817) 222-5135; facsimile (817) 222-5961, e-mail 
jeff.trang@faa.gov. For legal questions concerning this final rule 
contact Steve Harold, Directorate Counsel, ASW-7G, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Fort Worth, Texas 76193-0007, telephone (817) 222-5099; 
facsimile (817) 222-5945, e-mail steve.c.harold@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 29, 2008, the FAA published a final rule (73 FR 10987) 
that provided new and revised airworthiness standards for normal and 
transport category rotorcraft. The amendment re-designated Sec.  27.79, 
as new Sec.  27.87. However, in Sec.  27.25(a)(1)(iv) and Sec.  
27.1587(a), we inadvertently made references to Sec.  27.79 instead of 
Sec.  27.87 as intended. This document makes the correction to reflect 
Sec.  27.87 as the intended reference. This correction will not impose 
any additional requirements.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 27

    Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Rotorcraft, Safety.

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Accordingly, 14 CFR part 27 is corrected as follows:

PART 27--AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT

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1. The authority citation for part 27 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704.

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2. Amend Sec.  27.25 by revising paragraph (a)(1)(iv) to read as 
follows:

Sec.  27.25  Weight limits.

    (a) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (iv) The highest weight in which the provisions of Sec. Sec.  27.87 
or 27.143(c)(1), or combinations thereof, are demonstrated if the 
weights and operating conditions (altitude and temperature) prescribed 
by those requirements cannot be met; and
* * * * *

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3. Amend Sec.  27.1587 by revising the introductory text of paragraph 
(a) to read as follows:

Sec.  27.1587  Performance information.

    (a) The Rotorcraft Flight Manual must contain the following 
information, determined in accordance with Sec. Sec.  27.49 through 
27.87 and 27.143(c) and (d):
* * * * *

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2008.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. E8-13524 Filed 6-13-08; 8:45 am]

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