Document ID: FAA-2012-1134-0006
Agency: faa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Airworthiness Directives: Lindstrand Hot Air Balloons Ltd. Appliances
Posted Date: 2013-03-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 27, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 18533-18534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07030]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2012-1134; Directorate Identifier 2012-CE-034-AD; 
Amendment 39-17345; AD 2013-03-10]
RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Lindstrand Hot Air Balloons Ltd 
Appliances

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting an airworthiness directive (AD) that

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published in the Federal Register. That AD applies to certain 
Lindstrand Hot Air Balloons Ltd female ACME threaded hose connectors, 
part numbers HS6139 and HS6144, installed on balloons. The text in the 
section titled PART-39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES, paragraph (c) 
Applicability, is incorrect. This document corrects that error. In all 
other respects, the original document remains the same.

DATES: This final rule is effective March 27, 2013. The effective date 
for AD 2013-03-10; Amendment 39-17345 (78 FR 9785, February 12, 2013) 
remains March 19, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may examine the AD docket on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov; 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: 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: Airworthiness Directive 2013-03-10; 
Amendment 39-17345 (78 FR 9785, February 12, 2013), requires inspecting 
the female ACME threaded hose connectors, (P/Ns) HS6139 and HS6144, for 
leaking and, if leaking is found, tightening the threaded hose 
connector to the correct torque.
    As published, the text in the section titled PART-39--AIRWORTHINESS 
DIRECTIVES, paragraph (c) Applicability, is incorrect. Reports from the 
field indicate confusion as to the way the applicability of AD 2013-03-
10; Amendment 39-17345 (78 FR 9785, February 12, 2013) is currently 
written. Some interpret that the AD applies to all balloons and 
requires a logbook entry regardless of installation of the defective 
part. The AD should apply to the female ACME threaded hose connectors 
as installed on any balloon. If these connectors are never installed, 
then this AD does not apply to that balloon, and this AD does not 
require a logbook entry.
    No other part of the preamble or regulatory information has been 
changed; therefore, only the changed portion of the final rule is being 
published in the Federal Register.
    This final rule is effective March 27, 2013. The effective date for 
AD 2013-03-10; Amendment 39-17345 (78 FR 9785, February 12, 2013) 
remains March 19, 2013.

Correction of Regulatory Text

Sec.  39.13  [Corrected]

    In the Federal Register of February 12, 2013, on page 9787, in the 
1st column, all of the text, in paragraph (c) Applicability under PART 
39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES of Airworthiness Directive 2013-03-10; 
Amendment 39-17345; (78 FR 9785; February 12, 2013) is corrected to 
read as follows:
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(c) Applicability

    This AD applies to Lindstrand Hot Air Balloons Ltd female ACME 
threaded hose connectors, part numbers (P/Ns) HS6139 and HS6144, all 
serial numbers, as installed in hot air balloons, certificated in 
any category. If these connectors are never installed, then this AD 
does not apply to that balloon.''
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    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 19, 2013.
Earl Lawrence,
Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-07030 Filed 3-26-13; 8:45 am]
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