[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 100 (Thursday, May 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 29837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11267]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Transport Airplane Wheels and Wheel and Brake Assemblies

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of, and requests 
comment on proposed Technical Standard Order (TSO) C-135a, Transport 
Airplane Wheels and Wheel and Brake Assemblies. This proposed TSO tells 
persons seeking a TSO authorization or letter of design approval what 
minimum performance standards (MPS) their Transport Airplane Wheels and 
Wheel and Brake Assemblies must meet to be identified with the 
appropriate TSO marking.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 23, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on this proposed TSO to: Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA), Aircraft Certification Service, Aircraft 
Engineering Division, Technical Programs and Continued Airworthiness 
Branch (AIR-120), Room 815, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 
20591. ATTN: Mr. George Soteropoulos. Or, you may deliver comments to: 
Federal Aviation Administration, Room 815, 800 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. George Soteropoulos, AIR-120, Room 
815, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20591. Telephone: (202) 267-9796, fax: (202) 267-5340, 
e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited

    You are invited to comment on the proposed TSO by submitting 
written data, views, or arguments to the above address. Comments 
received may be examined, both before and after the closing date, in 
room 815 at the above address, weekdays except federal holidays, 
between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Director, Aircraft Certification 
Service, will consider all comments received on or before the closing 
date before issuing the final TSO.

Background

    TSO-C 135 is being revised to remove an installation criterion that 
is not appropriate at the article level. (Appendix 1 Para. 3.2.2.2., 
the last sentence.) The revision also adds Appendix 2 to the proposed 
TSO-C135a's MPS for transport airplane wheel and brake assemblies with 
electrically actuated brakes. The aforementioned MPS defines the 
standards for wheel and brake assemblies to be used on airplanes 
certified under 14 CFR part 25. These standards were defined by the 
FAA, adopted in SAE Aerospace Standard (AS) 5663, Minimum Performance 
Requirements for Transport Airplane Wheel and Brake Assemblies Using 
Electric Power Actuation dated January 2007. Note that compliance with 
this specification is not considered approval for installation on any 
transport airplane.

How To Obtain Copies

    You can view or download the proposed TSO from its online location 
at: http://www.airweb.faa.gov/rgl. At this Web page, select ``Technical 
Standard Orders.'' At the TSO page, select ``Proposed TSOs.'' For a 
paper copy, contact the person listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT paragraph.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2008.
David W. Hempe,
Manager, Aircraft Engineering Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. E8-11267 Filed 5-21-08; 8:45 am]
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