Federal Register - March 10, 2021
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 45
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Examining the AD Docket
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39
Docket No. FAA20210135; Project Identifier MCAI202001044R
RIN 2120AA64
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
Helicopters Federal Aviation Administration FAA, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking NPRM.
AGENCY:
The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive AD
20190707 for various Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Airbus Helicopters Model MBBBK117 and Model BO105 helicopters. AD 2019
0707 requires removing certain part numbered swashplate bellows bellows from service, cleaning and inspecting certain parts, and depending on the inspection results removing certain parts from service, applying torque, and repetitively inspecting the swashplate assembly swashplate. AD 20190707
also prohibits the installation of certain part-numbered bellows. This proposed AD would retain certain requirements of AD 20190707, expand the installation prohibition, add additional inspections, and update the applicable service information. The actions of this proposed AD are intended to address an unsafe condition on these products.
DATES: The FAA must receive comments on this proposed AD by April 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Docket: Go to https www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for sending your comments electronically.
Fax: 2024932251.
Mail: Send comments to the U.S.
Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12140, 1200
SUMMARY:
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You may examine the AD docket on the internet at https
www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA2021
0135; 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 proposed AD, the European Aviation Safety Agency now European Union Aviation Safety Aviation EASA AD, any comments received and other information. The street address for Docket Operations is listed above.
Comments will be available in the AD
docket shortly after receipt.
For service information identified in this proposed rule, contact Airbus Helicopters, 2701 N. Forum Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 75052; telephone 9726410000 or 8002320323; fax 9726413775; or at https
www.airbus.com/helicopters/services/
technical-support.html. You may view this referenced service information at the FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Room 6N321, Fort Worth, TX
76177.
Matt Fuller, AD Program Manager, Operational Safety Branch, Airworthiness Products Section, General Aviation & Rotorcraft Unit, FAA, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone 817222
5110; email Matthew.Fuller@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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.
FAA20210135; Project Identifier MCAI202001044R 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
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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 https
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. The agency will also post a report summarizing each substantive verbal contact received about this proposal.
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 Matt Fuller, AD
Program Manager, Operational Safety Branch, Airworthiness Products Section, General Aviation & Rotorcraft Unit, FAA, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone 817222
5110; email Matthew.Fuller@faa.gov.
Any commentary that the FAA receives which is not specifically designated as CBI will be placed in the public docket for this rulemaking.
Discussion The FAA issued AD 20190707, Amendment 3919618 84 FR 16394, April 19, 2019 AD 20190707 for Airbus Helicopters Model BO105A, BO105C, BO105S, BO105LS A3, MBBBK 117A1, MBBBK 117A3, MBBBK 117A4, MBBBK 117B1, MBBBK 117B2, MBBBK 117C1, MBBBK 117C2, and MBBBK
117D2 helicopters. AD 20190707
requires a one-time inspection of the swashplate with the bellows removed and thereafter, a repetitive inspection of the swashplate. AD 20190707 also prohibits the installation of certain part-
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