Document ID: FAA-2007-28883-0006
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Airworthiness Directives; Hawker Beechcraft Model 400A Series Airplanes
Posted Date: 2007-11-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register: November 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 228)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 67239-67240]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2007-28883; Directorate Identifier 2007-NM-106-AD; 
Amendment 39-15267; AD 2007-24-01]
RIN 2120-AA64

 
Airworthiness Directives; Hawker Beechcraft Model 400A Series 
Airplanes

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

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for 
certain Hawker Beechcraft Model 400A series airplanes. This AD requires 
inspecting the galley cabinets to determine if a certain part number is 
installed or if a certain size of wire already exists, and doing 
related investigative/corrective actions if necessary. This AD results 
from reports of undersized, and consequently unprotected, wire in the 
galley cabinets. We are issuing this AD to prevent overheating of wire 
insulation and consequent fire or smoke in the airplane cabin.

DATES: This AD becomes effective January 2, 2008.
    The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by 
reference of a certain publication listed in the AD as of January 2, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: For service information identified in this AD, contact 
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, 9709 East Central, Wichita, Kansas 
67206.

Examining the AD Docket

    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 (telephone 800-647-5527) is the 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: Philip Petty, Aerospace Engineer, 
Electrical Systems and Avionics, ACE-119W, FAA, Wichita Aircraft 
Certification Office, 1801 Airport Road, Room 100, Mid-Continent 
Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209; telephone (316) 946-4139; fax (316) 
946-4107.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion

    The FAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 
CFR part 39 to include an AD that would apply to certain Hawker 
Beechcraft Model 400A series airplanes. That NPRM was published in the 
Federal Register on August 9, 2007 (72 FR 44813). That NPRM proposed to 
require inspecting the galley cabinets to determine if a certain part 
number is installed or if a certain size of wire already exists, and 
doing related investigative/corrective actions if necessary.

Comments

    We provided the public the opportunity to participate in the 
development of this AD. We received no comments on the NPRM or on the 
determination of the cost to the public.

Change to Language in Final Rule

    We have removed the words ``if necessary'' that were inadvertently 
added to paragraph (f) of the NPRM. The actions in paragraph (f) of 
this AD are required.

Conclusion

    We have carefully reviewed the available data and determined that 
air safety and the public interest require adopting the AD with the 
change described previously. We have determined that this change will 
neither increase the economic burden on any operator nor increase the 
scope of the AD.

Costs of Compliance

    There are about 285 airplanes of the affected design in the 
worldwide fleet. This AD affects about 214 airplanes of U.S. registry. 
The required inspection takes about 1 work hour per airplane, at an 
average labor rate of $80 per work hour. Based on these figures, the 
estimated cost of this AD for U.S. operators is $17,120, or $80 per 
airplane.

Authority for This Rulemaking

    Title 49 of the United States Code specifies the FAA's authority to 
issue rules on aviation safety. Subtitle I, Section 106, describes the 
authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, 
describes in more detail the scope of the Agency's authority.
    We are issuing this rulemaking under the authority described in 
Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701, ``General 
requirements.'' Under that section, Congress charges the FAA with 
promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in air commerce by prescribing 
regulations for practices, methods, and procedures the Administrator 
finds necessary for safety in air commerce. This regulation is within 
the scope of that authority because it addresses an unsafe condition 
that is likely to exist or develop on products identified in this 
rulemaking action.

Regulatory Findings

    We have determined that this AD will not have federalism 
implications under Executive Order 13132. This AD will not have a 
substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship between 
the national government and the States,

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or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various 
levels of government.
    For the reasons discussed above, I certify that this AD:
    (1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive 
Order 12866;
    (2) Is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT Regulatory Policies and 
Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); and
    (3) Will not have a significant economic impact, positive or 
negative, on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria 
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    We prepared a regulatory evaluation of the estimated costs to 
comply with this AD and placed it in the AD docket. See the ADDRESSES 
section for a location to examine the regulatory evaluation.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39

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

Adoption of the Amendment

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Accordingly, under the authority delegated to me by the Administrator, 
the FAA amends 14 CFR part 39 as follows:

PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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1. The authority citation for part 39 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701.

Sec.  39.13  [Amended]

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2. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) amends Sec.  39.13 by 
adding the following new airworthiness directive (AD):

2007-24-01 Hawker Beechcraft Corporation: Amendment 39-15267. Docket 
No. FAA-2007-28883; Directorate Identifier 2007-NM-106-AD.

Effective Date

    (a) This AD becomes effective January 2, 2008.

Affected ADs

    (b) None.

Applicability

    (c) This AD applies to Hawker Beechcraft Model 400A series 
airplanes, certificated in any category; as identified in Raytheon 
Service Bulletin SB 25-3758, dated June 2006.

Unsafe Condition

    (d) This AD results from reports of undersized, and consequently 
unprotected, wire in the galley cabinets. We are issuing this AD to 
prevent overheating of wire insulation and consequent fire or smoke 
in the airplane cabin.

Compliance

    (e) You are responsible for having the actions required by this 
AD performed within the compliance times specified, unless the 
actions have already been done.

Inspection and Related Investigative/Corrective Actions

    (f) Within 200 flight hours or 12 months after the effective 
date of this AD, whichever occurs first, inspect the galley cabinets 
to determine if Precision Pattern galley cabinet, part number (P/N) 
20917, 20918, or 20921 is installed, or if 8 American Wire Gauge 
(AWG) wire already exists; and, within 20 flight hours or 30 days 
after the inspection, whichever occurs later, do all applicable 
related investigative and corrective actions. The actions must be 
done in accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions of Raytheon 
Service Bulletin SB 25-3758, dated June 2006.

    Note 1: Raytheon Service Bulletin SB 25-3758, dated June 2006, 
refers to Raytheon Kit 128-3068-0001, Revision 3, dated April 18, 
2006, as an additional source of service information for replacing 
the undersized 10AWG wire with 8AWG wire in the gallery power 
circuit.

Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs)

    (g)(1) The Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, 
has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested in 
accordance with the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19.
    (2) To request a different method of compliance or a different 
compliance time for this AD, follow the procedures in 14 CFR 39.19. 
Before using any approved AMOC on any airplane to which the AMOC 
applies, notify your appropriate principal inspector (PI) in the FAA 
Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), or lacking a PI, your local 
FSDO.

Material Incorporated by Reference

    (h) You must use Raytheon Service Bulletin SB 25-3758, dated 
June 2006, to perform the actions that are required by this AD, 
unless the AD specifies otherwise. The Director of the Federal 
Register approved the incorporation by reference of this document in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Contact Hawker 
Beechcraft Corporation, 9709 East Central, Wichita, Kansas 67206, 
for a copy of this service information. You may review copies at the 
FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, 
Washington; or at the National Archives and Records Administration 
(NARA). For information on the availability of this material at 
NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal-
register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.

    Issued in Renton, Washington, on November 8, 2007.
Ali Bahrami,
Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification 
Service.
[FR Doc. E7-22545 Filed 11-27-07; 8:45 am]

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