Document ID: FAA-2012-0002-0442
Agency: faa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Airworthiness Directives: Continental Motors, Inc. Reciprocating Engines
Posted Date: 2013-09-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 59293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23431]

[[Page 59293]]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2012-0002; Directorate Identifier 2011-NE-42-AD]
RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Continental Motors, Inc. Reciprocating 
Engines

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); extension of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period to our proposed 
airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Continental Motors, Inc., 
engines with Airmotive Engineering Corporation parts manufacturer 
approval replacement cylinder assemblies installed. The replacement 
cylinder assemblies are marketed by Engine Components International 
Division.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published August 12, 
2013 (78 FR 48828) is extended. We must receive comments on this 
proposed AD by December 11, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may send your comments to our NPRM published in the 
Federal Register on August 12, 2013 (78 FR 48828), using the procedures 
found in 14 CFR 11.43 and 11.45, 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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jurgen E. Priester, Aerospace 
Engineer, Special Certification Office, FAA, Rotorcraft Directorate, 
2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137; phone: 817-222-5159; fax: 
817-222-5785; email: jurgen.e.priester@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    We invite you to send any written relevant data, views, or 
arguments about this proposed AD. Send your comments to an address 
listed under the ADDRESSES section. Include ``Docket No. FAA-2012-0002; 
Directorate Identifier 2011-NE-42-AD'' at the beginning of your 
comments. We specifically invite comments on the overall regulatory, 
economic, environmental, and energy aspects of this proposed AD. We 
will consider all comments received by the closing date and may amend 
this proposed AD because of those comments.
    We will post all comments we receive, without change, to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. We 
will also post a report summarizing each substantive verbal contact we 
receive about this proposed AD.

Discussion

    This extension adds an additional sixty (60) days to the comment 
period in the NPRM (Directorate Identifier 2011-NE-42-AD) published in 
the Federal Register on August 12, 2013 (78 FR 48828). This extension 
also provides time for review and comment of the information we are 
adding to the docket. All other aspects of our proposed AD, as 
published in the in the Federal Register on August 12, 2013 (78 FR 
48828), remain unchanged.

    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on September 23, 2013.
Colleen M. D'Alessandro,
Assistant Manager, Engine & Propeller Directorate, Aircraft 
Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-23431 Filed 9-25-13; 8:45 am]
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