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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 121 / Monday, June 28, 2021 / Proposed Rules
Issued on June 18, 2021.
Lance T. Gant, Director, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
FR Doc. 202113482 Filed 62521; 8:45 am BILLING CODE 491013P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39
Docket No. FAA20210214; Project Identifier 2018CE064AD
RIN 2120AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Viking Aircraft Limited Airplanes Federal Aviation Administration FAA, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking NPRM.
AGENCY:

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive AD for all Viking Air Limited Model DHC3
airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by mandatory continuing airworthiness information MCAI
originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI identifies the unsafe condition as fatigue damage of the wing strut lug fitting components and the fuselage to wing strut attachment tiebar. This proposed AD would require determining service life limits for the wing strut fitting on the main spar and for the tie-bar and following instructions for removal and replacement of affected parts. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
DATES: The FAA must receive comments on this proposed AD by August 12, 2021.
SUMMARY:

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 https www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 202 4932251.
Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12140, 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.
For service information identified in this NPRM, contact Viking Air Limited
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with PROPOSALS

ADDRESSES:

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Technical Support, 1959 De Havilland Way, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada, V8L 5V5; phone: North America 800
6638444; fax: 250 6560673; email:
technical.support@vikingair.com;
website: https www.vikingair.com/
support/service-bulletins. You may view this service information 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 816 3294148.
Examining the AD Docket You may examine the AD docket at https www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No.
FAA20210214; 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, any comments received, and other information. The street address for Docket Operations is listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aziz Ahmed, Aviation Safety Engineer, New York ACO Branch, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY
11590; phone: 516 2877329; fax: 516
7945531; email: aziz.ahmed@faa.gov.
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.
FAA20210214; Project Identifier 2018CE064AD 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 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 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

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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 Aziz Ahmed, Aviation Safety Engineer, New York ACO Branch, 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 Transport Canada, which is the aviation authority for Canada, has issued AD Number CF201729, dated August 24, 2017 referred to after this as the MCAI, to correct an unsafe condition for Viking Air Limited Model DHC3 airplanes. The MCAI states:
It has been determined that the current maintenance program does not adequately address potential fatigue damage of the wing strut lug fitting components or the fuselage to wing strut attachment Tie Bar. Affected parts must be replaced before specified air time limits are reached to avoid fatigue cracking of the affected parts. Cracking which is not detected may compromise the structural integrity of the wing or the Tie-Bar.
Fatigue damage occurs more rapidly on aeroplanes that are operated at higher gross weights. For that reason, the corrective actions of this Transport Canada AD must be accomplished sooner for aeroplanes that have been certified for operation at higher gross weights.
Fatigue damage also occurs more rapidly on aeroplanes that are operated below 2000
feet above ground level AGL over land due to higher and more frequent gust and maneuvering loads. Low level flights over water are not known to produce increased fatigue damage on the DHC3. For that reason, the corrective actions of this Transport Canada AD must be accomplished sooner for aeroplanes that have been operated at low altitudes over land.

This condition, if not addressed, could result in cracking and failure of the structural integrity of the wing or the tie-bar.
You may examine the MCAI in the AD docket at https
www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA2020
0214.

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