[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 39 (Monday, March 1, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4889]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. 98-CE-99-AD; Amendment 39-10973; AD 99-01-06]
RIN 2120-AA64


Airworthiness Directives; British Aerospace Jetstream Model 3101 
Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This action confirms the effective date of Airworthiness 
Directive (AD) 99-01-06, which applies to certain British Aerospace 
Jetstream Model 3101 airplanes. AD 99-01-06 requires installing a 
standard bonding socket that is fitted flush with the upper surface of 
each wing at the fueling points (Station 297). This AD is the result of 
mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the 
airworthiness authority for the United Kingdom. The actions specified 
in this AD are intended to correct a potentially insufficient ground 
contact between the refueler hose nozzle and the aircraft, which, if 
not corrected before the fuel cap is removed, could result in sparks 
with a consequent fire and/or explosion in the fuel tank.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 19, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. S.M. Nagarajan, Aerospace 
Engineer, FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 1201 Walnut, suite 900, 
Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 426-6932; facsimile: 
(816) 426-2169.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA published this direct final rule 
with request for comments in the Federal Register on December 31, 1998 
(63 FR 72141). The FAA uses the direct final rulemaking procedure for a 
non-controversial rule where the FAA anticipates that there will be no 
adverse public comment. This direct final rule advised the public that 
no adverse comments were anticipated, and that unless a written adverse 
comment, or a written notice of intent to submit such an adverse 
comment, was received within the comment period, the regulation would 
become effective on March 19, 1999. No adverse comments were received, 
and thus this notice confirms that this final rule will become 
effective on that date.

    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 22, 1999.
Marvin R. Nuss,
Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 99-4889 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]
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