[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 19854-19855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10598]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. 97-CE-147-AD]
RIN 2120-AA64


Airworthiness Directives; Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche 
Model Piaggio P-180 Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: This document withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 
that would have applied to certain Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche 
(I.A.M.) Model Piaggio P-180 airplanes. The NPRM, if followed with a 
final rule, would have required installing a shield on the front 
section of the engine cradles. Airworthiness Directive (AD) 96-09-09 
currently requires the same action as is proposed in this NPRM. The 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inadvertently prepared and issued 
this NPRM. With this in mind, the FAA has determined that the proposed 
rule should be withdrawn. This withdrawal does not prevent the FAA from 
taking future rulemaking on this subject.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David O. Keenan, Project Officer, 
FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service, 1201 
Walnut, suite 900, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 426-
6934; facsimile: (816) 426-2169.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Events Leading to This Action

    A proposal to amend part 39 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR part 39) to include an AD that would apply to certain I.A.M. Model 
Piaggio P-

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180 airplanes of the same type design that are registered in the United 
States was published in the Federal Register as a notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NPRM) on February 2, 1998 (63 FR 5320). The NPRM proposed 
to require installing a shield on the front section of the engine 
cradles.
    Interested persons have been afforded an opportunity to participate 
in the making of this amendment. No comments were received on the 
proposed rule or the FAA's determination of the cost to the public.
    AD 96-09-09, Amendment 39-9585 (61 FR 19808, May 3, 1996), 
currently requires the same action as is proposed in this NPRM. The FAA 
inadvertently prepared and issued this NPRM. Since the NPRM, if 
followed with a final rule, would duplicate actions already required in 
an existing AD, the FAA has decided that the NPRM should be withdrawn.
    Withdrawal of this NPRM constitutes only such action, and does not 
preclude the agency from issuing future rulemaking on this issue, nor 
does it commit the agency to any course of action in the future.
    Since this action only withdraws an NPRM, it is neither a proposed 
nor a final rule and therefore, is not covered under Executive Order 
12866, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, or DOT Regulatory Policies and 
Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979).

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39

    Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation Safety, Safety.

The Withdrawal

    Accordingly, the notice of proposed rulemaking, Docket No. 97-CE-
147-AD, published in the Federal Register on February 2, 1998 (63 FR 
5320), is withdrawn.

    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 14, 1998.
Michael Gallagher,
Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certfication Service.
[FR Doc. 98-10598 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]
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