[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 142 (Monday, July 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45645-45646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18581]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Proposed Advisory Circular (AC) 23-XX-28, Airframe Guide for 
Certification of Part 23 Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed Advisory Circular (AC) AC 
23-XX-28 and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of and requests 
comments to proposed Advisory Circular (AC) 23-XX-28, Airframe Guide 
for Certification of Part 23 Airplanes. This AC provides information 
and guidance concerning an acceptable means, but not the only means, of 
complying with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 
Part 23 Subpart C and portions of Subpart D. It consolidates the 
substance of existing Civil Aeronautics

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Administration (CAA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) letters 
into a single reference. It also presents information from certain 
presently existing AC's that cover general topics and specific 
airworthiness standards.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send a hard copy and, if possible, an electronic copy of all 
comments on the proposed AC to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Attention: Pat Nininger ([email protected]), Regulations and Policy 
Branch, ACE-111, Small Airplane Directorate, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106, 
telephone number (816) 329-4129, or facsimile (816) 329-4090.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Payauys, Aerospace Engineer, 
Regulations and Policy Branch, ACE-111, Small Airplane Directorate, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, 
Missouri 64106, telephone number (816) 329-4130.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    Any person may obtain a copy of the proposed AC by contacting the 
person named above under ADDRESSES or the AC should be available within 
a few days on the internet at http://www.faa.gov/avr/air/airhome.htm. 
We invite interested persons to comment on the proposed AC by 
submitting comments to the address specified above. The FAA will 
consider all comments received on or before the closing date before 
issuing the AC. Comments may be examined at the Small Airplane 
Directorate, Federal Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, Room 301, 
Kansas City, Missouri 64106, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. weekdays, 
except Federal holidays.

Background

    The AC format is current with the airworthiness standards that 
appear in Part 23 through Amendment 23-51, effective March 11, 1996. 
Information contained in the AC spans approximately 30 years of both 
FAA and CAA guidance. It includes some historical guidance that dates 
back to the Civil Air Regulations (CAR) 3 and the earlier CAR 04.

    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 10, 2000.
Marvin Nuss,
Acting Manager Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification 
Service.
[FR Doc. 00-18581 Filed 7-21-00; 8:45 am]
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