Document ID: FAA-2012-0566-0003
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Airworthiness Directives: Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH Helicopters
Posted Date: 2013-08-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 49115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19447]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2012-0566; Directorate Identifier 2011-SW-008-AD; 
Amendment 39-17065; AD 2012-11-02]
RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH Helicopters

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting an airworthiness directive (AD) that was 
published in the Federal Register. The AD applies to certain Eurocopter 
Deutschland GmbH (Eurocopter) Model EC135 helicopters. The reference to 
Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 91.173 in the Required 
Actions section is incorrect. This document corrects that error. In all 
other respects, the original document remains the same.

DATES: This final rule is effective August 13, 2013. The effective date 
for AD 2012-11-02 (77 FR 37790, June 25, 2012) remains July 10, 2012.

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: Sharon Miles, Aviation Safety 
Engineer, Rotorcraft Directorate, Regulations and Policy Group, FAA, 
2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137; phone: (817) 222-5110; fax: 
(817) 222-5110; email: sharon.y.miles@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AD 2012-11-02, Amendment 39-17065 (77 FR 
37790, June 25, 2012), applies to certain Eurocopter Model EC135 
helicopters. AD 2012-11-02 currently requires, in part, visually 
checking the ring frame which connects the tail rotor Fenestron housing 
to the tailboom for a crack before further flight and thereafter at 
each preflight check, and allows this check to be performed by a pilot 
if certain regulatory recordkeeping requirements are met. As such, AD 
2012-11-02 currently includes the following as the last sentence under 
paragraph (f)(1): ``The record must be maintained as required by 14 CFR 
91.173, 121.380, or 134.439.''
    As published, the reference to 14 CFR 91.173 is incorrect. The 
correct reference is to 14 CFR 91.417.
    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.

Correction of Regulatory Text

Sec.  39.13  [Corrected]

    In the Federal Register of June 25, 2012, on page 37792, in the 
third column, the last sentence of paragraph (f)(1) is corrected to 
read as follows:
* * * * *
    The record must be maintained as required by 14 CFR 91.417, 
121.380, or 135.439.
* * * * *

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 2, 2013.
Lance T. Gant,
Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-19447 Filed 8-12-13; 8:45 am]
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