[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 44432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21301]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Policy Statement No. ANE-1993-33.28TLD-R1]


Policy for Time Limited Dispatch (TLD) of Engines Fitted With 
Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) Systems

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability; policy statement.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the 
availability of policy for the time limited dispatch (TLD) of engines 
fitted with full authority digital engine control (FADEC) systems. The 
FAA has revised its current policy to clarify it; the basic intent of 
the policy has not changed.

DATES: The FAA issued policy statement number ANE-1993-33.28TLD-R1 on 
June 29, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Horan, FAA, Engine and Propeller 
Standards Staff, ANE-110, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 
01803; e-mail: [email protected]; telephone: (781) 238-7164; fax: 
(781) 238-7199. The policy statement is available on the Internet at 
the following address: http://www.faa.gov/avr/air/ane/ane110/hpage.htm. 
If you do not have access to the Internet, you may request a copy of 
the policy by contacting the individual listed in this section.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA published in the Federal Register on 
January 10, 2001 (66 FR 2043) to announce the availability of the 
proposed policy and invite interested parties to comment.

Background

    The FAA Engine and Propeller Directorate (EPD) issued the original 
policy on time limited dispatch (TLD) on October 28, 1993. The purpose 
of that policy is to assure uniformity in applying TLD to engines 
fitted with FADEC systems. In this revision, the FAA recommends that an 
applicant for engine type design approval include appropriate TLD 
information in the engine installation manual. This revised policy does 
not create any new requirements.

    (Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704.)
    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on August 16, 2001.
Jay J. Pardee,
Manager, Engine and Propeller Directorate, Aircraft Certification 
Service.
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