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AD Number:
2011-06-06 R1
Document Type:
AD Final Rules
Docket Number:
FAA-2011-0199
Subject Heading:
Airworthiness Directives; Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. Airplanes Equipped With Pratt & Whitney Canada, Co...Show more
Subject:
Engine
Status:
Current
Citation:
Federal Register Volume 76, Number 243 (Monday, December 19, 2011)
Citation Publish Date:
12/19/2011
Effective Date:
01/23/2012
Make:
Eclipse Aerospace, Inc.
Model:
EA500
Product Type:
Aircraft
Product Subtype:
Small Airplane
Affected AD:
Superseded AD:
2011-06-06
Affected By:
Superseded By:
Service/Office:
Office of Primary Responsibility:
CFR Part Reference:
Part 39
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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 243 (Monday, December 19, 2011)]


[Rules and Regulations]


[Pages 78526-78528]


From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[FR Doc No: 2011-31795]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Federal Aviation Administration


14 CFR Part 39


[Docket No. FAA-2011-0199; Directorate Identifier 2011-CE-005-AD; Amendment 39-16890;


AD 2011-06-06 R1]


RIN 2120-AA64


Airworthiness Directives; Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. Airplanes Equipped With Pratt & Whitney


Canada, Corp. PW610F-A Engines


AGENCY:
 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.


ACTION:
 
Final rule.


––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––


SUMMARY:
 
We are revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Eclipse


Aerospace, Inc. Model EA500 airplanes equipped with Pratt & Whitney Canada, Corp. (P&WC)


Model PW610F-A engines. The existing AD currently requires incorporating an operating limitation


of a maximum operating altitude of 30,000 feet into Section 2, Limitations, of the airplane flight


manual (AFM). Since we issued that AD, P&WC has developed a design change for the combustion


chamber liner assembly. This new AD retains the requirements of the current AD, clarifies the engine


applicability, and allows the option of incorporating the design change to terminate the current


operating limitation and restore the original certificated maximum operating altitude of 41,000 feet.


We are issuing this AD to correct the unsafe condition on these products.


DATES:
 
This AD is effective January 23, 2012.


The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of a certain


publication listed in the AD as of January 23, 2012.


ADDRESSES:
 
For service information identified in this AD, contact Pratt & Whitney Canada, 1000


Marie-Victorin Blvd., Longueuil, Quebec, J4G 1A1 Canada; telephone: (800) 268-8000; Internet:


www.P&WC.ca. You may review copies of the referenced service information at the FAA, Small


Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. For information on the availability of


this material at the FAA, call (816) 329-4148.


Examining the AD Docket


You may examine the AD docket on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov; or in person at


the Docket Management Facility between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal


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holidays. The AD docket contains this AD, the regulatory evaluation, any comments received, and


other information. The address for the Docket Office (phone: (800) 647-5527) is Document


Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building


Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
 
Eric Kinney, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Fort


Worth Aircraft Certification Office, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76137; telephone:


(817) 222-5459; fax: (817) 222-5960; email: eric.kinney@faa.gov.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:


Discussion


We issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR part 39 to revise AD


2011-06-06, Amendment 39-16631 (76 FR 13078, March 10, 2011). That AD applies to the specified


products. The NPRM published in the Federal Register on October 13, 2011 (76 FR 63571). That


NPRM proposed to retain all requirements of AD 2011-06-06, clarify the engine applicability, and


allow the option of incorporating Pratt & Whitney Canada Service Bulletin P&WC S.B. No. 60077,


dated June 1, 2011, to terminate the operating limitations set in AD 2011-06-06 and restore the


original certificated altitude of 41,000 feet.


Comments


We gave the public the opportunity to participate in developing this AD. We received no


comments on the NPRM (76 FR 63571, October 13, 2011) or on the determination of the cost to the


public.


Conclusion


We reviewed the relevant data and determined that air safety and the public interest require


adopting the AD as proposed except for minor editorial changes. We have determined that these


minor changes:


•
 
Are consistent with the intent that was proposed in the NPRM (76 FR 63571, October 13,


2011) for correcting the unsafe condition; and


•
 
Do not add any additional burden upon the public than was already proposed in the NPRM.


Costs of Compliance


We estimate that this AD affects 259 airplanes of U.S. registry.


We estimate the following costs to comply with this AD:


Estimated Costs


[Retained from AD 2011-06-06, Amendment 39-16631 (76 FR 13078, March 10, 2011)]


Action
 
Labor cost
 
Parts cost
 
Cost per


product


Cost on U.S.


operators


Incorporate operating limitations


of maximum operating altitude of


30,000 feet into Section 2,


Limitations, of the AFM


1 work-hour X


$85 per hour =


$85


Not


Applicable


$85
 
$22,015


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