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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 158 / Thursday, August 19, 2021 / Proposed Rules not included on the U.S. type certificate data sheet; this AD therefore does not include those airplanes in the applicability. Airplanes with an original airworthiness certificate or original export certificate of airworthiness issued after December 9, 2020 must comply with the airworthiness limitations specified as part of the approved type design and referenced on the type certificate data sheet; this AD
therefore does not include those airplanes in the applicability.
EASA AD 20210108 specifies that it requires a task limitation already required by EASA AD 20200067
which corresponds to FAA AD 2020
2216, Amendment 3921312 85 FR
70439, November 5, 2020 AD 2020
2216 and invalidates terminates prior instructions for that task. This proposed AD would terminate the limitations of Task 262300000011C, as required by paragraph i of AD 2020
2216, for airplanes with an original airworthiness certificate or original export certificate of airworthiness issued on or before January 17, 2020
only.
This proposed AD was prompted by a determination that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. The FAA is proposing this AD to address a safety-significant latent failure that is not annunciated, which, in combination with one or more other specific failures or events, could result in a hazardous or catastrophic failure condition. See the MCAI for additional background information.

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EASA AD 20210108 describes new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations for certification maintenance requirements. 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.
FAAs Determination and Requirements of This Proposed AD
This product has been approved by the aviation authority of another country, and is approved for operation in the United States. Pursuant to the FAAs bilateral agreement with the State of Design Authority, the FAA has been notified of the unsafe condition described in the MCAI referenced above. The FAA is proposing this AD
because the FAA has evaluated all pertinent information and determined an unsafe condition exists and is likely to exist or develop on other products of the same type design.

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Proposed AD Requirements This proposed AD would require revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, which are specified in EASA AD 20210108
described previously, as incorporated by reference. Any differences with EASA
AD 20210108 are identified as exceptions in the regulatory text of this AD.
This proposed AD would require revisions to certain operator maintenance documents to include new actions e.g., inspections. Compliance with these actions is required by 14 CFR
91.403c. For airplanes that have been previously modified, altered, or repaired in the areas addressed by this proposed AD, the operator may not be able to accomplish the actions described in the revisions. In this situation, to comply with 14 CFR 91.403c, the operator must request approval for an alternative method of compliance according to paragraph k1 of this proposed AD.
Explanation of Required Compliance Information In the FAAs ongoing efforts to improve the efficiency of the AD
process, the FAA developed a process to use some civil aviation authority CAA
ADs as the primary source of information for compliance with requirements for corresponding FAA
ADs. The FAA has been coordinating this process with manufacturers and CAAs. As a result, the FAA proposes to incorporate EASA AD 20210108 by reference in the FAA final rule. This proposed AD would, therefore, require compliance with EASA AD 20210108
in its entirety through that incorporation, except for any differences identified as exceptions in the regulatory text of this proposed AD.
Using common terms that are the same as the heading of a particular section in EASA AD 20210108 does not mean that operators need comply only with that section. For example, where the AD
requirement refers to all required actions and compliance times, compliance with this AD requirement is not limited to the section titled Required Actions and Compliance Times in EASA AD 20210108.
Service information required by EASA
AD 20210108 for compliance will be available at https www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No.
FAA20210682 after the FAA final rule is published.

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Airworthiness Limitation ADs Using the New Process The FAAs process of incorporating by reference MCAI ADs as the primary source of information for compliance with corresponding FAA ADs has been limited to certain MCAI ADs primarily those with service bulletins as the primary source of information for accomplishing the actions required by the FAA AD. However, the FAA is now expanding the process to include MCAI
ADs that require a change to airworthiness limitation documents, such as airworthiness limitation sections.
For these ADs that incorporate by reference an MCAI AD that changes airworthiness limitations, the FAA
requirements are unchanged. Operators must revise the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate the information specified in the new airworthiness limitation document. The airworthiness limitations must be followed according to 14 CFR 91.403c and 91.409e.
The previous format of the airworthiness limitation ADs included a paragraph that specified that no alternative actions e.g., inspections or intervals may be used unless the actions and intervals are approved as an alternative method of compliance AMOC in accordance with the procedures specified in the AMOCs paragraph under Other FAA
Provisions. This new format includes a New Provisions for Alternative Actions and Intervals paragraph that does not specifically refer to AMOCs, but operators may still request an AMOC to use an alternative action or interval.
Costs of Compliance The FAA estimates that this proposed AD affects 1,728 airplanes of U.S.
registry. The FAA estimates the following costs to comply with this proposed AD:
The FAA has determined that revising the existing maintenance or inspection program takes an average of 90 workhours per operator, although the agency recognizes that this number may vary from operator to operator. Since operators incorporate maintenance or inspection program changes for their affected fleets, the FAA has determined that a per-operator estimate is more accurate than a per-airplane estimate. Therefore, the agency estimates the average total cost per operator to be $7,650 90 work-hours
$85 per work-hour.
Authority for This Rulemaking Title 49 of the United States Code specifies the FAAs authority to issue
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