[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 11, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 60556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25951]



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Federal Aviation Administration





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14 CFR Part 135



Service Difficulty Reports; Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 135

[Docket No. 28293; Amendment No. 135-78]
RIN 2120-AF71


Service Difficulty Reports

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is making minor 
technical changes to a final rule published in the Federal Register on 
September 15, 2000 (65 FR 56192). That final rule amends the reporting 
requirements for air carriers and certificated domestic and foreign 
repair station operators concerning failures malfunctions, and defects 
of aircraft engines, systems, and components. In that final rule the 
FAA neglected to make conforming amendments to sections not amended by 
the final rule.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Effective on January 16, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jose E. Figueroa, AFS-300, Flight 
Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence 
Ave., Washington, DC 20591, telephone (703) 661-0522.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
published in the Federal Register of September 15, 2000 (65 FR 56192) a 
document that amended the regulations on reporting service 
difficulties. The FAA neglected to include a revision to 14 CFR 135.411 
to clearly address the applicability of one newly adopted section to 
part 135 operations. When the provisions of Sec. 135.415 were expanded 
into revised Sec. 135.415 and new Sec. 135.416, the appropriate changes 
to Sec. 135.411 were not made to reflect the existence of the new 
Sec. 135.416. The only change in this amendment is to add a reference 
to new Sec. 135.416 to existing Sec. 135.411 in two places. This 
document makes the appropriate amendatory change to clearly reflect 
that new Sec. 135.416 as well as current Secs. 134.415 and 135.417 
apply to all operations under part 135. This amendment will not impose 
any additional restrictions on operators affected by these regulations.

Technical Amendment

    The technical amendment will correct the omission of Sec. 135.416 
from the applicability paragraphs of Sec. 135.411.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 135

    Air taxis, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

    Accordingly, Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 
135 is amended as follows:

PART 135--OPERATING REQUIREMENTS: COMMUTER AND ON-DEMAND OPERATIONS 
AND RULES GOVERNING PERSONS ON BOARD SUCH AIRCRAFT

    1. The authority citation of part 135 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709, 
44711-44713, 44715-44717, 44722.
    2. Amend Sec. 135.411 by revising the first sentence of paragraph 
(a)(1) and paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows:


Sec. 135.411  Applicability.

    (a) * * *
    (1) Aircraft that are type certificated for a passenger seating 
configuration, excluding any pilot seat, of nine seats or less, shall 
be maintained under parts 91 and 43 of this chapter and Secs. 135.415, 
135.416, 135.417, and 135.421. * * *
    (2) Aircraft that are type certificated for a passenger seating 
configuration, excluding any pilot seat, of ten seats or more, shall be 
maintained under a maintenance program in Secs. 135.415. 135.416. 
135.417, and 135.423 through 135.443.
* * * * *

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 3, 2000.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
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