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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. 91-CE-76-AD]
Airworthiness Directives: Beech Aircraft Corp. Models B300 and
B300C Airplanes
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This document proposes to revise AD 91-20-14, which currently
requires incorporating revised takeoff and climb performance charts
into the Pilot's Operating Handbook and FAA Approved Airplane Flight
Manual (AFM/POH) on Beech Aircraft Corporation (Beech) Models B300 and
B300C airplanes. Beech has started incorporating these takeoff and
climb requirements into the AFM/POH of airplanes manufactured since
issuance of AD 91-20-14. The proposed action would limit the
applicability to only those airplanes without these takeoff and climb
requirements incorporated into the AFM/POH at production. The actions
specified by the proposed AD are intended to ensure that the affected
airplanes achieve required minimum takeoff and climb performance for
each approved combination of takeoff configuration, weight, pressure
altitude, and temperature.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 27, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments in triplicate to the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Central Region, Office of the Assistant Chief
Counsel, Attention: Rules Docket No. 91-CE-76-AD, Room 1558, 601 E.
12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. Comments may be inspected at
this location between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
holidays excepted.
Copies of the AFM/POH revision that applies to the proposed AD may
be obtained from the Beech Aircraft Corporation, P.O. Box 85, Wichita,
Kansas 67201-0085. This information also may be examined at the Rules
Docket at the address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bennett L. Sorensen, Flight Test
Pilot, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, 1801 Airport Road,
Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209; telephone (316) 946-4165;
facsimile (316) 946-4407.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
Interested persons are invited to participate in the making of the
proposed rule by submitting such written data, views, or arguments as
they may desire. Communications should identify the Rules Docket number
and be submitted in triplicate to the address specified above. All
communications received on or before the closing date for comments,
specified above, will be considered before taking action on the
proposed rule. The proposals contained in this notice may be changed in
light of the comments received.
Comments are specifically invited on the overall regulatory,
economic, environmental, and energy aspects of the proposed rule. All
comments submitted will be available, both before and after the closing
date for comments, in the Rules Docket for examination by interested
persons. A report that summarizes each FAA-public contact concerned
with the substance of this proposal will be filed in the Rules Docket.
Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments
submitted in response to this notice must submit a self-addressed,
stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments
to Docket No. 91-CE-76-AD.'' The postcard will be date stamped and
returned to the commenter.
Availability of NPRMs
Any person may obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a request
to the FAA, Central Region, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel,
Attention: Rules Docket No. 91-CE-76-AD, Room 1558, 601 E. 12th Street,
Kansas City, Missouri 64106.
Discussion
AD 91-20-14, Amendment 39-8168 (January 30, 1992, 57 FR 3516),
currently requires incorporating revised takeoff and climb performance
charts, B2 revision, part number (P/N) 130-590031-1, dated September
1991, into the AFM/POH on Beech Models B300 and B300C airplanes. Beech
has started incorporating these takeoff and climb requirements into the
AFM/POH of Models B300 and B300C airplanes manufactured since issuance
of AD 91-20-14.
After examining the circumstances and reviewing all available
information related to the action described above, the FAA has
determined that (1) the applicability of AD 91-20-14 should exclude
those airplanes incorporating the takeoff and climb requirements in the
AFM/POH at manufacture; and (2) AD action should remain for all other
Models B300 and B300C airplanes in order to continue to ensure that
these airplanes achieve required minimum takeoff and climb performance
for each approved combination of takeoff configuration, weight,
pressure altitude, and temperature.
Since an unsafe condition has been identified that is likely to
exist or develop in other Beech Models B300 and B300C airplanes of the
same type design, the proposed AD would revise AD 91-20-14 to continue
to require incorporating revised takeoff and climb performance charts,
B2 revision, part number (P/N) 130-590031-1, dated September 1991, into
the AFM/POH, but would exclude those airplanes incorporating the
takeoff and climb requirements at manufacture.
The FAA estimates that 118 airplanes in the U.S. registry would be
affected by the proposed AD, and that it would take approximately 1
workhour to incorporate the charts into the POH. Since an owner/
operator who holds a private pilot certificate as authorized by 14 CFR
43.7 and 14 CFR 43.11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations is allowed to
accomplish the proposed inspection, the only cost impact upon the
public would be the time it takes to incorporate these charts.
The regulations proposed herein would not have substantial direct
effects on the States, on the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government. Therefore, in
accordance with Executive Order 12612, it is determined that this
proposal would not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant
the preparation of a Federalism Assessment.
For the reasons discussed above, I certify that this action (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) if promulgated,
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. A copy of the draft regulatory evaluation
prepared for this action has been placed in the Rules Docket. A copy of
it may be obtained by contacting the Rules Docket at the location
provided under the caption ADDRESSES.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39
Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Safety.
The Proposed Amendment
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me by the
Administrator, the Federal Aviation Administration proposes to amend 14
CFR part 39 of the Federal Aviation Regulations as follows:
PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
1. The authority citation for part 39 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. App. 1354(a), 1421 and 1423; 49 U.S.C.
106(g); and 14 CFR 11.89.
Sec. 39.13 [Amended]
2. Section 39.13 is amended by removing AD 91-20-14, Amendment 39-
8168 (January 30, 1992, 57 FR 3516), and by adding the following new
airworthiness directive to read as follows:
Beech Aircraft Corporation: Docket No. 91-CE-76-AD; Revises AD 91-
20-14, Amendment 39-8168.
Applicability: The following model and serial number airplanes,
certificated in any category:
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Model Serial No.
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B300............................... FL-1 through FL-110.
B300C.............................. FM-1 through FM-8.
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Compliance: Required within 10 hours time-in-service after
February 20, 1992 (the effective date of AD 91-20-14), unless
already accomplished.
To ensure that the affected airplanes achieve required minimum
takeoff and climb performance for each approved combination of
takeoff configuration, weight, pressure altitude, and temperature,
accomplish the following:
(a) Incorporate the takeoff and climb performance charts, B2
revision, part number (P/N) 130-590031-1, dated September 1991, into
the Model B300 and B300C Pilot's Operating Handbook and FAA Approved
Airplane Flight Manual (AFM/POH).
Note 1: The charts sent in the priority letter AD 91-20-14
package and B2 revision, P/N 130-590031-1, dated September 1991, are
the same.
(b) Incorporating the climb and takeoff charts as required by
this AD may be performed by the owner/operator holding at least a
private pilot certificate as authorized by 14 CFR 43.7, and must be
entered into the aircraft records showing compliance with this AD in
accordance with 14 CFR 43.11.
(c) Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with 14
CFR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate the airplane to a location where
the requirements of this AD can be accomplished.
(d) An alternative method of compliance or adjustment of the
compliance time that provides an equivalent level of safety may be
approved by the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office
(ACO), FAA, 1801 Airport Road, Room 100, Wichita, Kansas 67209. The
request should be forwarded through an appropriate FAA Maintenance
Inspector, who may add comments and send it to the Manager, Wichita
ACO.
Note 2: Information concerning the existence of approved
alternative methods of compliance with this AD, if any, may be
obtained from the Wichita ACO.
(e) All persons affected by this directive may obtain copies of
the AFM/POH revision referred to herein upon request to Beech
Aircraft Corporation, P.O. Box 85, Wichita, Kansas 67201-0085; or
may examine these documents at the FAA, Central Region, Office of
the Assistant Chief Counsel, Room 1558, 601 E. 12th Street, Kansas
City, Missouri 64106.
(f) This amendment revises AD 91-20-14, Amendment 39-8168.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 10, 1994.
Barry D. Clements,
Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 94-6042 Filed 3-15-94; 8:45 am]
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