Document ID: FAA-2013-0315-0004
Agency: faa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Airworthiness Directives: GROB-WERKE Airplanes
Posted Date: 2013-09-06T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 54794-54795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20095]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2013-0315; Directorate Identifier 2013-CE-006-AD]
RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; GROB-WERKE Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: This document withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 
that would have applied to GROB-WERKE GMBH & CO KG Model G 115E 
airplanes. The proposed airworthiness directive (AD) would have 
required a one-time inspection to verify correct cable routing behind 
the LH cockpit instrument panel and, depending on findings, correction 
and replacement of damaged parts. Since issuance of the NPRM, the FAA 
has re-evaluated this airworthiness concern and determined that the 
airplanes affected are not type certificated in the United States. This 
withdrawal does not prevent the FAA from initiating future rulemaking 
on this subject.

DATES: As of September 6, 2013, the proposed rule published April 9, 
2013 (78 FR 21082), is withdrawn.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor Martin, Aerospace Engineer, 
FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, 
Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329-4138; fax: (816) 329-4090; email: 
taylor.martin@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 the specified products. 
The NPRM published in the Federal Register on April 9, 2013 (78 FR 
21082). The NPRM proposed to require you to do a one-time inspection to 
verify correct cable routing behind the LH cockpit instrument panel 
and, depending on findings, correction and replacement of damaged 
parts.
    Because of the comments received on the NPRM (78 FR 21082, April 9, 
2013) that pointed out the Model G 115E airplane is not type 
certificated in the United States, the FAA re-evaluated the 
airworthiness concern and determined that the airplanes affected are 
not certificated in the United States and concluded that:
     An unsafe condition warranting AD action does not exist; 
and
     the associated level of risk does not warrant AD action.
    Withdrawal of this NPRM (78 FR 21082, April 9, 2013) constitutes 
only such action and does not preclude the agency from issuing future 
rulemaking on this issue, nor does it commit the agency to any course 
of action in the future.

Regulatory Findings

    Since this action only withdraws an NPRM, it is neither a proposed 
nor a final rule and therefore, is not covered under Executive Order 
12866, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, or DOT Regulatory Policies and 
Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979).

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39

    Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Incorporation by 
reference, Safety.

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The Withdrawal

    Accordingly, the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), FAA-2013-
0315, published in the Federal Register on April 9, 2013 (78 FR 21082), 
is withdrawn.

    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 13, 2013.
Earl Lawrence,
Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-20095 Filed 9-5-13; 8:45 am]
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