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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 232 / Tuesday, December 7, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
For service information identified in this final rule, contact the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, Level 15, Asteron Centre, 55
Featherston Street, Wellington 6011;
phone: +64 4 560 9400; fax: +64 4 569
2024; email: info@caa.govt.nz. You may review this referenced 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.

ADDRESSES:

Examining the AD Docket You may examine the AD docket at https www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No.
FAA20210213; 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 MCAI, 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:
Mike Kiesov, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, General Aviation & Rotorcraft Section, International Validation Branch, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, MO 64106; phone: 816 3294144;
fax: 816 3294090; email:
mike.kiesov@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background The FAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking NPRM to amend 14 CFR
part 39 by adding an AD that would apply to certain serial-numbered Pacific Aerospace Limited Model 750XL
airplanes with the battery installed within the engine bay at the firewall.
The NPRM published in the Federal Register on August 9, 2021 86 FR
43446. The NPRM was based on MCAI
from the Civil Aviation Authority CAA, which is the aviation authority for New Zealand. The CAA issued DCA/
750XL/30, dated July 5, 2018 referred to after this as the MCAI, to correct an unsafe condition for Pacific Aerospace Limited Model 750XL
airplanes. The MCAI states:
The ground connections for the individual power sources BATT & GEN battery and generator have been connected at a common ground point on the aircraft. DCA/750XL/30
is issued to mandate the instructions in Pacific Aerospace Mandatory Service Bulletin MSB PACSB/XL/104 issue 1, dated 2 May 2018, or later approved revision to separate the common ground connection on
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the airframe for the individual power sources BATT & GEN.

of business or by the means identified in the ADDRESSES section.

The CAA advises the root cause is a deviation from the approved engineering data. This condition, if not corrected, could lead to the loss of primary and secondary power sources from corrosion of the ground connection or failure of the fastening hardware, which could result in the simultaneous loss of multiple systems. According to the CAA, this condition was observed on the production line and has been corrected for new airplanes in production. The MCAI requires inspecting the battery ground connections and separating the ground connections as necessary. You may examine the MCAI in the AD docket at https www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No.
FAA20210213.
In the NPRM, the FAA proposed to require detecting and correcting ground terminations with insufficient separation on individual power sources and static grounds for continued airworthiness. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Costs of Compliance
Discussion of Final Airworthiness Directive Comments The FAA gave the public the opportunity to participate in developing this final rule. The FAA received no comments on the NPRM or on the determination of the cost to the public.
Conclusion 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 this State of Design Authority, it has notified the FAA of the unsafe condition described in the MCAI. 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 products. This AD is adopted as proposed in the NPRM.
Related Service Information Under 1
CFR Part 51
The FAA reviewed Pacific Aerospace Mandatory Service Bulletin PACSB/XL/
104, Issue 1, dated May 2, 2018. The service information specifies procedures for inspecting the battery ground connections and separating the ground connections as necessary. This service information is reasonably available because the interested parties have access to it through their normal course
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The FAA estimates that this AD
affects 23 airplanes of U.S. registry.
The FAA also estimates that it would take about 1 work-hour per airplane to comply with the grounding connection inspection of this AD. The average labor rate is $85 per work-hour.
Based on these figures, the FAA
estimates the cost of the inspection on U.S. operators to be $1,955, or $85 per airplane.
In addition, the FAA estimates that any necessary action to separate the connections would take about 3 workhours and require parts costing $25, for a cost of $280 per airplane. The FAA
has no way of determining the number of airplanes that may need these actions.
The FAA has included all costs in this 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.
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 This AD will not have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132. This AD will 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 AD:
1 Is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866,
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