Document ID: FAA-2020-0928-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Proposed Flight Standardization BoardReport: The Boeing Company 737, Revision 17 and The Boeing Company 737 Airplane Flight Manual Airspeed Unreliable Non-Normal Checklist
Posted Date: 2020-10-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 196 (Thursday, October 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63641-63642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22381]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2020-0928]

Proposed Flight Standardization Board Report, The Boeing Company 
737, Revision 17 and The Boeing Company 737 Airplane Flight Manual 
Airspeed Unreliable Non-Normal Checklist

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FAA announces the availability of the draft Flight 
Standardization Board (FSB) Report, The Boeing Company 737, Revision 17 
including an addendum describing potential refinements to The Boeing 
Company 737 Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) Airspeed Unreliable Non-Normal 
Checklist, which applies to The Boeing Company Model 737-8 and 737- 9 
(737 MAX) airplanes. The FAA invites public comment.

DATES: The FAA must receive comments on these proposed documents by 
November 2, 2020.

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ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by docket number FAA-2020-
0928 using 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 (DOT), Docket Operations, 
M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE, Washington, DC 20590.
    Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail address above between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Privacy: DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any 
personal information the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as 
described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL- 14 FDMS), which can 
be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Docket: You may examine the docket on the internet at https://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2020-
0928; or in person at Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The street address for 
Docket Operations is listed above. Comments will be available in the 
docket shortly after receipt.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on the FSB Report, 
contact James F. Kline, Aircraft Evaluation Division, telephone 206-
231-3950, email 9-AVS-AFS-110@faa.gov. For questions on the AFM non-
normal checklist, contact Paul Bernado, Compliance and Airworthiness 
Division, telephone 206-231-3500, email 9-FAA-SACO-AD-Inquiry@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority for This Action

    Section 44701(a)(5) of title 49 of the U.S.C. requires the 
Administrator to promulgate regulations and minimum standards for other 
practices, methods, and procedures necessary for safety in air commerce 
and national security. Consistent with this authority, the 
Administrator publishes FSB Reports for use by FAA employees who 
approve training programs, FAA employees and designees who certify 
airmen, and aircraft operators and training providers, to assist them 
in developing their flightcrew member training, checking, and currency. 
Additionally, the Administrator publishes this notice consistent with 
this same authority.

Background

    In September 2020, the FAA completed an operational evaluation of 
proposed operating procedures (checklists) and pilot training as a 
result of The Boeing Company Model 737-8 and 737-9 (737 MAX) design 
changes. The operational evaluation identified potential refinements to 
this Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) non-normal checklist Airspeed 
Unreliable. This AFM non-normal procedure was referenced in the NPRM 
Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes (85 FR 47698). 
The FAA has posted the draft Boeing 737 FSB Report and an addendum to 
the Boeing 737 FSB Report, describing the potential refinements to the 
non-normal checklist at https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/fsb/.

Comments Invited

    The FAA invites public comments on the draft FSB Report, The Boeing 
Company 737, Revision 17, including the FSB Report addendum.

Ricardo Domingo,
Executive Director, Flight Standards Service, AFX-1.
[FR Doc. 2020-22381 Filed 10-6-20; 4:15 pm]
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