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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 231 / Monday, December 6, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
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removing parts from service and accomplishing other corrective actions.
This AD also requires removing certain parts from service before they exceed their life limits. The corrective actions are required to be accomplished as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency EASA AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
DATES: This AD is effective February 4, 2022.
The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of a certain publication listed in this AD
as of January 10, 2022.
ADDRESSES: For material incorporated by reference IBR in this AD, contact the EASA, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 3, 50668 Cologne, Germany; telephone +49
221 8999 000; email ADs@
easa.europa.eu; internet www.easa.europa.eu. You may find this material on the EASA website at https
ad.easa.europa.eu. You may view this material at the FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Room 6N321, Fort Worth, TX 76177. For information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call 817 2225110. It is also available in the AD docket at https
www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA2021
0720.
Examining the AD Docket You may examine the AD docket at https www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No.
FAA20210720; 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 final rule, the EASA AD, any comments received, and other information. The address for Docket Operations is U.S.
Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12140, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Darren Gassetto, Aerospace Engineer, COS Program Management Section, Operational Safety Branch, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, FAA, 1600
Stewart Ave., Suite 410, Westbury, NY
11590; telephone 516 2287323; email Darren.Gassetto@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background EASA, which is the Technical Agent for the Member States of the European Union, has issued EASA AD 20190213, dated August 29, 2019 EASA AD 2019

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0213, to correct an unsafe condition for Leonardo S.p.a. formerly Finmeccanica S.p.A. Helicopter Division, AgustaWestland S.p.A, Agusta S.p.A.
Model AW109SP helicopters.
The FAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking NPRM to amend 14 CFR
part 39 by adding an AD that would apply to certain Leonardo S.p.a. Model AW109SP helicopters. The NPRM
published in the Federal Register on September 8, 2021 86 FR 50289. The NPRM was prompted by reports of a hydraulic pump part number P/N 109
076042103 being ineligibly installed on Model AW109SP helicopters. EASA
advises that because hydraulic pump P/
N 109076042103 is not eligible for installation on Model AW109SP
helicopters, applicable instructions for continued airworthiness are not available. The NPRM proposed to require accomplishing the actions specified in EASA AD 20190213, described previously, as incorporated by reference, except for any differences identified as exceptions in the regulatory text of the proposed AD and except as discussed under Differences Between this Proposed AD and EASA
AD 20190213.
The FAA is issuing this AD to address the ineligible installation of the affected part-numbered hydraulic pump on Model AW109SP helicopters since there are no applicable instructions for continuing airworthiness available. See EASA AD 20190213 for additional background information.
Discussion of Final Airworthiness Directive Comments The FAA received no comments on the NPRM or on the determination of the costs.
Conclusion These helicopters have been approved by EASA and are approved for operation in the United States. Pursuant to the FAAs bilateral agreement with the European Union, EASA has notified the FAA about the unsafe condition described in its AD. The FAA reviewed the relevant data and determined that air safety requires adopting this AD as proposed. Accordingly, the FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these helicopters. Except for minor editorial changes, this AD is adopted as proposed in the NPRM.
Related Service Information Under 1
CFR Part 51
EASA AD 20190213 requires inspecting each affected hydraulic pump and depending on the inspection results, replacing an affected hydraulic
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pump with a serviceable hydraulic pump, before further flight. EASA AD
20190213 also requires replacing any affected hydraulic pump before exceeding 1,600 total flight hours FH
since first installation on a helicopter, or within 200 FH, whichever occurs later.
Finally, EASA AD 20190213 prohibits installing any affected hydraulic pump on any helicopter.
This service information 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.
Other Related Service Information The FAA also reviewed Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters, Alert Service Bulletin No. 109SP134, dated July 29, 2019.
This service information specifies procedures for inspecting and replacing hydraulic pump P/N 109076042103.
Differences Between This AD and EASA
AD 20190213
EASA AD 20190213 applies to Model AW109SP helicopters, all serial numbers, whereas this AD only applies to Model AW109SP helicopters with certain part-numbered hydraulic pumps installed.
Costs of Compliance The FAA estimates that this AD
affects 17 helicopters of U.S. Registry.
Labor rates are estimated at $85 per work-hour. Based on these numbers, the FAA estimates the following costs to comply with this AD.
Visually inspecting each hydraulic pump for wear, burrs, and abrasion takes about 4 work-hours and parts cost about $5 for an estimated cost of $345
per inspection and $5,865 for the U.S.
fleet.
Removing from service each affected hydraulic pump and replacing with an airworthy hydraulic pump takes about 6
work-hours and parts cost about $22,819
for an estimated cost of $23,329 per pump replacement.
The FAA has included all known costs in its cost estimate. According to the manufacturer, however, some of the costs of this AD may be covered under warranty, thereby reducing the cost impact on affected operators.
Authority for This Rulemaking Title 49 of the United States Code specifies the FAAs 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 Agencys authority.

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