[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 118 (Monday, June 23, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 26463-26466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11488]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. FAA-2025-1113; Project Identifier MCAI-2024-00552-A]
RIN 2120-AA64
Airworthiness Directives; Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o.
Airplanes
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD)
for all Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o. Model PZL M28 05 airplanes.
This proposed AD was prompted by incorrect flap settings and airspeed
during approach for landing under one engine inoperative (OEI)
conditions in the airplane flight manual (AFM) emergency procedures.
This proposed AD would require revising the existing AFM for your
airplane to provide the correct emergency procedures. The FAA is
proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
DATES: The FAA must receive comments on this NPRM by August 7, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, using the procedures found in 14 CFR
11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to regulations.gov. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: (202) 493-2251.
Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail address above between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
AD Docket: You may examine the AD docket at regulations.gov under
Docket
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No. FAA-2025-1113; or in person at Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD docket
contains this NPRM, the mandatory continuing airworthiness information
(MCAI), any comments received, and other information. The street
address for Docket Operations is listed above.
Material Incorporated by Reference:
For Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o. material
identified in this proposed AD, contact Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze Sp. z
o.o., Wojska Polskiego 3, 39-300 Mielec, Poland; phone: +48 17 743
1901; email: [email protected]; website: pzlmielec.pl.
You may view this material at the FAA, Airworthiness
Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 901 Locust, Kansas City,
MO 64106. For information on the availability of this material at the
FAA, call (817) 222-5110.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Rudolph, Aviation Safety
Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY 11590;
phone: (816) 329-4059; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
The FAA invites you to send any written relevant data, views, or
arguments about this proposal. Send your comments to an address listed
under ADDRESSES. Include ``Docket No. FAA-2025-1113; Project Identifier
MCAI-2024-00552-A'' at the beginning of your comments. The most helpful
comments reference a specific portion of the proposal, explain the
reason for any recommended change, and include supporting data. The FAA
will consider all comments received by the closing date and may amend
this proposal because of those comments.
Except for Confidential Business Information (CBI) as described in
the following paragraph, and other information as described in 14 CFR
11.35, the FAA will post all comments received, without change, to
regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. The
agency will also post a report summarizing each substantive verbal
contact received about this NPRM.
Confidential Business Information
CBI is commercial or financial information that is both customarily
and actually treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public
disclosure. If your comments responsive to this NPRM contain commercial
or financial information that is customarily treated as private, that
you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or responsive to
this NPRM, it is important that you clearly designate the submitted
comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your submission containing
CBI as ``PROPIN.'' The FAA will treat such marked submissions as
confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed in the public
docket of this NPRM. Submissions containing CBI should be sent to Doug
Rudolph, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410,
Westbury, NY 11590. Any commentary that the FAA receives which is not
specifically designated as CBI will be placed in the public docket for
this rulemaking.
Background
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which is the
Technical Agent for the Member States of the European Union, has issued
EASA AD 2024-0183, dated September 20, 2024 (EASA AD 2024-0183) (also
referred to as ``the MCAI''), to correct an unsafe condition on Polskie
Zaklady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o. Models PZL M28 02-W and PZL M28 05
airplanes, all manufacturer serial numbers. The MCAI states that
occurrences have been reported by pilot instructors where, during type
rating training with Model PZL M28 airplanes, students applied an
incorrect flap setting and airspeed while practicing the emergency
procedure for an approach and landing with OEI after a simulated engine
failure. The investigation concluded that the root cause for these
occurrences was typographical errors in the AFM. The MCAI requires
incorporating an AFM update containing the correct flap setting and
airspeed to be applied during approach with OEI. Applying an incorrect
flap setting and airspeed during an approach for landing under
(simulated) OEI conditions could result in loss of control of the
airplane.
You may examine the MCAI in the AD docket at regulations.gov under
Docket No. FAA-2025-1113.
Material Incorporated by Reference Under 1 CFR Part 51
The FAA reviewed pages 3-4 ENGINE FAILURE AT DESCENT and ENGINE
FAILURE DURING BALKED LANDING; 3-9 BALKED LANDING WITH ONE ENGINE
INOPERATIVE; 3-17 ENGINE FAILURE AT DESCENT (LANDING APPROACH); 3-18
ENGINE FAILURE DURING BALKED LANDING; and 3-25 and 3-26 BALKED LANDING
WITH ONE ENGINE INOPERATIVE from Section 3, Emergency Procedures in
Polskie Zak[lstrok]ady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o. Airplane Flight Manual,
Model PZL M28 05, Revision 55, dated July 9, 2024. This material
provides the correct emergency procedures for the flightcrew when
adjusting the flap settings and airspeed during approach for landing
under simulated OEI conditions.
The FAA also reviewed Polskie Zaklady Lo[lstrok]nicze Sp. z o.o.
Check List, PZL M28 05 with PT6A-65B engines, Emergency Procedures,
Revision 1, dated July 9, 2024. This material provides the flightcrew
with the correct emergency procedures checklist that corresponds with
the changes to Section 3, Emergency Procedures, of the AFM.
In addition, the FAA reviewed Polskie Zak[lstrok]ady Lotnicze Sp. z
o.o. Check List, PZL M28 05 with PT6A-65B engines, Emergency
Procedures, effective on airplanes without the installed ice protection
system certified for flights in known and forecast icing conditions,
Revision 1, dated July 9, 2024. This material provides the flightcrew
with the correct emergency procedures checklist that corresponds with
the changes to Section 3, Emergency Procedures, of the AFM.
This material is reasonably available because the interested
parties have access to it through their normal course of business or by
the means identified in the ADDRESSES section.
FAA's Determination
These products have been approved by the aviation authority of
another country and are approved for operation in the United States.
Pursuant to the FAA's bilateral agreement with this State of Design
Authority, it has notified the FAA of the unsafe condition described in
the MCAI and material referenced above. The FAA is issuing this NPRM
after determining that the unsafe condition described previously is
likely to exist or develop on other products of the same type design.
Proposed AD Requirements in This NPRM
This proposed AD would require revising the existing AFM for your
airplane to provide the correct emergency procedures and checklist for
the flightcrew when adjusting the flap settings and airspeed during
approach for landing under OEI conditions. See ``Differences Between
this Proposed AD and the MCAI'' for a discussion of the general
differences included in this AD.
The owner/operator (pilot) holding at least a private pilot
certificate may revise the existing AFM and checklist for your airplane
and must enter compliance with the applicable paragraph of this
proposed AD into the airplane maintenance records in
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accordance with 14 CFR 43.9(a) and 91.417(a)(2)(v). The pilot may
perform this action because it only involves revising the AFM. This
action could be performed equally well by a pilot or a mechanic. This
is an exception to the FAA's standard maintenance regulations.
Differences Between This Proposed AD and the MCAI
The MCAI applies to Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o. Model PZL
M28 02-W airplanes, but this proposed AD would not because this model
does not have an FAA type certificate.
The MCAI requires informing all pilots about the AFM update and
thereafter operating the airplane accordingly, and this proposed AD
would not because those actions are already required by FAA
regulations.
Costs of Compliance
The FAA estimates that this AD, if adopted as proposed, would
affect nine airplanes of U.S. registry.
The FAA estimates the following costs to comply with this proposed
AD:
Estimated Costs
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Cost per Cost on U.S.
Action Labor cost Parts cost product operators
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Revise AFM and checklist................. 2 work-hours x $85 per hour $0 $170 $1,530
= $170.
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Authority for This Rulemaking
Title 49 of the United States Code specifies the FAA's authority to
issue rules on aviation safety. Subtitle I, section 106, describes the
authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII: Aviation Programs,
describes in more detail the scope of the Agency's authority.
The FAA is issuing this rulemaking under the authority described in
Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701: General requirements.
Under that section, Congress charges the FAA with promoting safe flight
of civil aircraft in air commerce by prescribing regulations for
practices, methods, and procedures the Administrator finds necessary
for safety in air commerce. This regulation is within the scope of that
authority because it addresses an unsafe condition that is likely to
exist or develop on products identified in this rulemaking action.
Regulatory Findings
The FAA determined that this proposed AD would not have federalism
implications under Executive Order 13132. This proposed AD would not
have a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship
between the national government and the States, or on the distribution
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
For the reasons discussed above, I certify this proposed
regulation:
(1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive
Order 12866,
(2) Would not affect intrastate aviation in Alaska, and
(3) Would not have a significant economic impact, positive or
negative, on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39
Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Incorporation by
reference, Safety.
The Proposed Amendment
Accordingly, under the authority delegated to me by the
Administrator, the FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 39 as follows:
PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
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1. The authority citation for part 39 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701.
Sec. 39.13 [Amended]
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2. The FAA amends Sec. 39.13 by adding the following new airworthiness
directive:
Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o.: Docket No. FAA-2025-1113;
Project Identifier MCAI-2024-00552-A.
(a) Comments Due Date
The FAA must receive comments on this airworthiness directive
(AD) by August 7, 2025.
(b) Affected ADs
None.
(c) Applicability
This AD applies to Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o. Model PZL
M28 05 airplanes, certificated in any category.
(d) Subject
Joint Aircraft System Component (JASC) Code 1100, Placards and
Markings
(e) Unsafe Condition
This AD was prompted by incorrect flap settings and airspeed
during approach for landing under one engine inoperative conditions
in the airplane flight manual (AFM) emergency procedures. The FAA is
issuing this AD to prevent pilots from applying incorrect flap
settings and airspeed. The unsafe condition, if not addressed, could
result in loss of control of the airplane.
(f) Compliance
Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified,
unless already done.
(g) Required Actions
(1) Within 30 days after the effective date of this AD, revise
Section 3, Emergency Procedures of the airplane flight manual (AFM)
for your airplane by incorporating the sections identified in
paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (v) of this AD using Polskie
Zak[lstrok]ady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o. Airplane Flight Manual, Model PZL
M28 05, Revision 55, dated July 9, 2024. Using a different document
with information identical to the information in the sections listed
in paragraph (g)(1)(i) through (v) of this AD is acceptable for
compliance with the requirements of this paragraph.
(i) Page 3-4, sections ``ENGINE FAILURE AT DESCENT'' and
``ENGINE FAILURE DURING BALKED LANDING.''
(ii) Page 3-9, section ``BALKED LANDING WITH ONE ENGINE
INOPERATIVE.''
(iii) Page 3-17, section ``ENGINE FAILURE AT DESCENT (LANDING
APPROACH).''
(iv) Page 3-18, section ``ENGINE FAILURE DURING BALKED
LANDING.''
(v) Pages 3-25 and 3-26, section ``BALKED LANDING WITH ONE
ENGINE INOPERATIVE.''
(2) Within 30 days after the effective date of this AD, revise
the Emergency Procedures checklist of the AFM for your airplane by
incorporating pages 5, 6, and 15 of Polskie Zak[lstrok]ady Lotnicze
Sp. z o.o. Check List, PZL M28 05 with PT6A-65B engines, Emergency
Procedures, Revision 1, dated July 9, 2024; or Polskie
Zak[lstrok]ady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o. Check List, PZL M28 05 with PT6A-
65B engines, Emergency Procedures, effective on airplanes without
the installed ice protection system certified for flights in known
and forecast icing conditions, Revision 1, dated July 9, 2024, as
applicable.
(3) The owner/operator (pilot) holding at least a private pilot
certificate may revise the existing AFM and checklist and must enter
compliance with the applicable paragraph of this AD into the
airplane maintenance records in accordance with 14 CFR 43.9(a) and
91.417(a)(2)(v). The record must be maintained as required by 14 CFR
91.417, 121.380, or 135.439.
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(h) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs)
The Manager, International Validation Branch, FAA, has the
authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the
procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19,
send your request to your principal inspector or local Flight
Standards District Office, as appropriate. If sending information
directly to the manager of the International Validation Branch, send
it to the attention of the person identified in paragraph (i) of
this AD and email to: [email protected]. Before using any approved AMOC,
notify your appropriate principal inspector, or lacking a principal
inspector, the manager of the local flight standards district
office/certificate holding district office.
(i) Additional Information
For more information about this AD, contact Doug Rudolph,
Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410,
Westbury, NY 11590; phone: (816) 329-4059; email:
[email protected].
(j) Material Incorporated by Reference
(1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the
incorporation by reference (IBR) of the material listed in this
paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.
(2) You must use this material as applicable to do the actions
required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise.
(i) Page 3-4 ENGINE FAILURE AT DESCENT and ENGINE FAILURE DURING
BALKED LANDING, Section 3, Emergency Procedures in Polskie
Zak[lstrok]ady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o. Airplane Flight Manual, Revision
55, Model PZL M28 05, dated July 9, 2024.
(ii) Page 3-9 BALKED LANDING WITH ONE ENGINE INOPERATIVE,
Section 3, Emergency Procedures in Polskie Zak[lstrok]ady Lotnicze
Sp. z o.o. Airplane Flight Manual, Model PZL M28 05, Revision 55,
dated July 9, 2024.
(iii) Page 3-17 ENGINE FAILURE AT DESCENT (LANDING APPROACH),
Section 3, Emergency Procedures in Polskie Zak[lstrok]ady Lotnicze
Sp. z o.o. Airplane Flight Manual, Model PZL M28 05, Revision 55,
dated July 9, 2024.
(iv) Page 3-18 ENGINE FAILURE DURING BALKED LANDING, Section 3,
Emergency Procedures in Polskie Zak[lstrok]ady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o.
Airplane Flight Manual, Model PZL M28 05, Revision 55, dated July 9,
2024.
(v) Pages 3-25 and 3-26 BALKED LANDING WITH ONE ENGINE
INOPERATIVE, Section 3, Emergency Procedures in Polskie
Zak[lstrok]ady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o. Airplane Flight Manual, Model PZL
M28 05, dated July 9, 2024.
(vi) Polskie Zak[lstrok]ady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o. Check List, PZL
M28 05 with PT6A-65B engines, Emergency Procedures, Revision 1,
dated July 9, 2024.
(vii) Polskie Zak[lstrok]ady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o. Check List, PZL
M28 05 with PT6A-65B engines, Emergency Procedures, effective on
airplanes without the installed ice protection system certified for
flights in known and forecast icing conditions, Revision 1, dated
July 9, 2024.
(3) For Polskie Zak[lstrok]ady Lotnicze Sp. z o.o. material
identified in this AD, contact Wojska Polskiego 3, 39-300 Mielec,
Poland; phone: +48 17 743 1901; email: [email protected];
website: pzlmielec.pl.
(4) You may view this material at the FAA, Airworthiness
Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 901 Locust, Kansas
City, MO 64106. For information on the availability of this material
at the FAA, call (817) 222-5110.
(5) You may view this material at the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability
of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email [email protected].
Issued on June 18, 2025.
Steven W. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft
Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-11488 Filed 6-20-25; 8:45 am]
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