[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 8060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4197]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Policy Statement Number PS-ACE100-2002-002]


Proposed Issuance of Policy Statement, Installation Approval of 
Multi-Function Displays Using the Approved Model List (AML) 
Supplemental Type Certification (STC) Process

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of policy statement; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This document proposes to encourage use of the Approved Model 
List (AML) Supplemental Type Certification (STC) Process for 
installation approval of multi-function displays (MFD's).

DATES: Comments sent must be received by April 22, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on this proposed policy statement to the 
individual identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Ballenger, Aerospace Engineer, 
FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, Standards Office, ACE-110, 901 Locust, 
Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329-4152; 
facsimile: (816) 329-4149; e-mail: [email protected]>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

How do I comment on the proposed policy?

    We invite your comments on this proposed policy statement PS-
ACE100-2002-002. You may send whatever written data, views, or 
arguments you choose. We will consider all comments received by the 
closing date. We may change proposed policy statement because of the 
comments received.
    Please send comments to the individual identified under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT. Comments sent using the Internet must contain 
``Comments to Policy Statement Number PS-ACE100-2002-002'' in the 
subject line. Commenters should format in Microsoft Word 97 or ASCII 
any file attachments that are sent using the Internet.
    Send comments using the following format:
    --Organize comments issue-by-issue. For example, discuss a comment 
about the analysis and a comment about speed limits as two separate 
issues.
    --For each issue, state what specific change you are requesting to 
the proposed policy memorandum.
    --Include justification (for example, reasons or data) for each 
request.
If sending your comments using the Internet will cause you extreme 
hardship, you may send comments using the U.S. Mail, overnight 
delivery, or facsimile machine. You should mark your comments, 
``Comments to Policy Statement PS-ACE100-2002-002'' and send two copies 
to the above address in the section FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

What would be the general effect of this proposed policy?

    The FAA is presenting this information as a set of guidelines 
suitable for use. However, we do not intend for this proposed policy to 
become a binding norm; it does not form a new regulation, and the FAA 
would not apply or rely on it as a regulation.
    The FAA Aircraft Certification Offices (ACO's) and Flight Standards 
District Offices (FSDO's) that certify changes in type design and 
approve alterations in normal, utility, and acrobatic category 
airplanes should try to follow this policy when appropriate. In 
addition, as with all advisory material, this statement of policy 
identifies one means, but not the only means, of compliance.
    Because this proposed general statement of policy only announces 
what the FAA seeks to establish as policy to encourage use, the FAA 
considers it an issue for which public comment is appropriate. 
Therefore, the FAA requests comments on the following proposed general 
statement of policy relevant to use of the AML STC process for 
installation approval of MFD's.

Discussion

    You may download a copy from the FAA web site at http://www.faa.gov/certification/aircraft/small _airplane_ 
directorate_news_proposed.html>, or request a copy by contacting the 
person named above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    This proposed policy statement does not introduce new policy or 
regulation but provides a compilation of existing regulation, guidance 
and procedures in the application of the AML STC process for 
certification projects. This policy focuses on the use of the AML STC 
for installation of MFD's in Civil Air Regulations (CAR) 3 or of the 
Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR) part 23 airplanes or sailplanes, 
balloons, or airships operating under part 91, and/or part 135 rules. 
The AML STC process may be used whenever the ACO and applicant agree 
that it is appropriate. The AML STC process may also be effective for a 
certification project of an aircraft under another certification basis. 
The applicant should coordinate with the appropriate ACO for final 
determination.

    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 11, 2002.
Michael Gallagher,
Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 02-4197 Filed 2-20-02; 8:45 am]
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