PROPOSED AD
Bombardier, Inc. (Formerly
Canadair): Docket 2002-NM-100-AD.
Applicability: Model CL-600-2B19 series airplanes, certificated in any category, having the serial numbers listed in the following table: Table--Serial Numbers Serial Numbers 7003 through 7434 inclusive 7436 through 7442 inclusive 7444 through 7452 inclusive 7454 through 7458 inclusive 7460 through 7497 inclusive 7499 through 7504 inclusive Note 1: This AD applies to each airplane identified in the preceding applicability provision, regardless of whether it has been modified, altered, or repaired in the area subject to the requirements of this AD. For airplanes that have been modified, altered, or repaired so that the performance of the requirements of this AD is affected, the owner/operator must request approval for an alternative method of compliance in accordance with paragraph (b) of this AD. The request should include an assessment of the effect of the modification, alteration, or repair on the unsafe condition addressed by this AD; and, if the unsafe condition has not been eliminated, the request should include specific proposed actions to address it. Compliance: Required as indicated, unless accomplished previously. To prevent the inability of a passenger to open and dispose of the overwing emergency exit door during an emergency evacuation due to incorrect placards, accomplish the following: Installation of Placards (a) Within 12 months after the effective date of this AD, replace the overwing emergency exit placards, door weight placards, and no baggage placards with new placards (including cleaning of the applicable surface), as applicable, per Bombardier Alert Service Bulletin A601R-11-077, Revision `A,' dated December 11, 2001, including Attachments 1 and 2; except it is not necessary to complete the comment and compliance sheet. Alternative Methods of Compliance (b) An alternative method of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time that provides an acceptable level of safety may be used if approved by the Manager, New York Aircraft Certification Office (ACO), FAA. Operators shall submit their requests through an appropriate FAA Principal Maintenance Inspector, who may add comments and then send it to the Manager, New York ACO. Note 2: Information concerning the existence of approved alternative methods of compliance with this AD, if any, may be obtained from the New York ACO. Special Flight Permits (c) Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with sections 21.197 and 21.199 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 21.197 and 21.199) to operate the airplane to a location where the requirements of this AD can be accomplished. Note 3: The subject of this AD is addressed in Canadian airworthiness directive CF-2002-12, dated February 4, 2002. Issued in Renton, Washington, on July 29, 2002. Vi L. Lipski, Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 02-19876 Filed 8-6-02; 8:45 am] DATES: Comments must be received by September 6, 2002.
PREAMBLE TO THIS AD *************************************************
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. 2002-NM-100-AD]
RIN 2120-AA64
Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 Series
Airplanes
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness
directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Bombardier Model CL-600-
2B19 series airplanes. This proposal would require replacement of the
overwing emergency exit placards, door weight placards, and no baggage
placards with new placards. This action is necessary to prevent the
inability of a passenger to open and dispose of the overwing emergency
exit door during an emergency evacuation due to incorrect placards.
This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition.
DATES: Comments must be received by September 6, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments in triplicate to the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Transport Airplane Directorate, ANM-114,
Attention: Rules Docket No. 2002-NM-100-AD, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW.,
Renton, Washington 98055-4056. Comments may be inspected at this
location between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. Comments may be submitted via fax to (425) 227-1232.
Comments may also be sent via the Internet using the following address:
9-anm-nprmcomment@faa.gov. Comments sent via fax or the Internet must
contain ``Docket No. 2002-NM-100-AD'' in the subject line and need not
be submitted in triplicate. Comments sent via the Internet as attached
electronic files must be formatted in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows or
ASCII text.
The service information referenced in the proposed rule may be
obtained from Bombardier, Inc., Canadair, Aerospace Group, P.O. Box
6087, Station Centreville, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3G9, Canada. This
information may be examined at the FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate,
1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington; or at the FAA, New York
Aircraft Certification Office, 10 Fifth Street, Third Floor, Valley
Stream, New York 11581.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Parrillo, Aerospace Engineer,
Systems and Flight Test Branch, ANE-172, FAA, New York Aircraft
Certification Office, 10 Fifth Street, Third Floor, Valley Stream, New
York 11581; telephone (516) 256-7505; fax (516) 568-2716.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
Interested persons are invited to participate in the making of the
proposed rule by submitting such written data, views, or arguments as
they may desire. Communications shall identify the Rules Docket number
and be submitted in triplicate to the address specified above. All
communications received on or before the closing date for comments,
specified above, will be considered before taking action on the
proposed rule. The proposals contained in this action may be changed in
light of the comments received.
Submit comments using the following format:
Organize comments issue-by-issue. For example, discuss a
request to change the compliance time and a request to change the
service bulletin reference as two separate issues.
For each issue, state what specific change to the proposed
AD is being requested.
Include justification (e.g., reasons or data) for each
request.
Comments are specifically invited on the overall regulatory,
economic, environmental, and energy aspects of the proposed rule. All
comments submitted will be available, both before and after the closing
date for comments, in the Rules Docket for examination by interested
persons. A report summarizing each FAA-public contact concerned with
the substance of this proposal will be filed in the Rules Docket.
Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments
submitted in response to this action must submit a self-addressed,
stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments
to Docket Number 2002-NM-100-AD.'' The postcard will be date stamped
and returned to the commenter.
Availability of NPRMs
Any person may obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a request
to the FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, ANM-114, Attention: Rules
Docket No. 2002-NM-100-AD, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington
98055-4056.
Discussion
Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA), which is the airworthiness
authority for Canada, notified the FAA that an unsafe condition may
exist on certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 series airplanes. TCCA
advises that the instructions pictured on the overwing emergency exit
placards are incorrect. The existing placards show a person opening the
overwing emergency exit door in a sitting position, but disposing of it
while standing. Due to seat pitch and placement, the overwing emergency
exit door can be opened and disposed of only while a person is seated.
Incorrect placards on the overwing emergency exit door, if not
corrected, could result in the inability of a passenger to open and
dispose of the overwing emergency exit door during an emergency
evacuation.
Explanation of Relevant Service Information
Bombardier has issued Alert Service Bulletin A601R-11-077, Revision
``A,'' dated December 11, 2001, including Attachments 1 and 2, which
describes procedures for replacement of the overwing emergency exit
placards, door weight placards, and no baggage placards with new
placards (including cleaning of the applicable surface). Accomplishment
of the actions specified in the service bulletin is intended to
adequately address the identified unsafe condition. TCCA classified
this service bulletin as mandatory and issued Canadian airworthiness
directive CF-2002-12, dated February 4, 2002, in order to assure the
continued airworthiness of these airplanes in Canada.
FAA's Conclusions
This airplane model is manufactured in Canada and is type
certificated for operation in the United States under the provisions of
section 21.29 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 21.29) and
the applicable bilateral airworthiness agreement. Pursuant to this
bilateral airworthiness agreement, TCCA has kept the FAA informed of
the situation described above. The FAA has examined the findings of
TCCA, reviewed all available information, and determined that AD action
is necessary for products of this type design that are certificated for
operation in the United States.
Explanation of Requirements of Proposed Rule
Since an unsafe condition has been identified that is likely to
exist or develop on other airplanes of the same type design registered
in the United States, the proposed AD would require accomplishment of
the action specified in the service bulletin described previously,
except as discussed below.
Difference Between Proposed Rule and Referenced Service Bulletin
Operators should note that, although the Accomplishment
Instructions of the referenced service bulletin describe procedures for
completing a comment sheet related to service bulletin quality and a
sheet recording compliance with the service bulletin, this proposed AD
would not require those actions. The FAA does not need this information
from operators.
Difference Between Proposed Rule and Canadian Airworthiness
Directive
The Canadian airworthiness directive requires replacement of the
overwing emergency exit placards, door weight placards, and no baggage
placards with new placards, per Bombardier Alert Service Bulletin
A601R-11-077, Revision `A,' dated December 11, 2001, ``or later
revision approved by the Director, Aircraft Certification, Transport
Canada.'' This proposed AD would NOT specify the option of
accomplishing the proposed replacement per later approved revisions of
the referenced Bombardier service bulletin. The use of the phrase, ``or
later approved revisions,'' violates Office of the Federal Register
regulations regarding approval of materials that are incorporated by
reference. However, affected operators may request approval to use a
later revision of the referenced service bulletin as an alternative
method of compliance, under the provisions of paragraph (b) of the
proposed AD.
Cost Impact
The FAA estimates that 284 Model CL-600-2B19 series airplanes of
U.S. registry would be affected by this proposed AD, that it would take
approximately between 1 and 2 hours per airplane depending on the
airplane configuration to accomplish the proposed actions, and that the
average labor rate is $60 per work hour. Required parts would cost
approximately between $47 and $195
per airplane depending on the configuration of the airplane. Based on
these figures, the cost impact of the proposed AD on U.S. operators is
estimated to be between $30,388 and $89,460, or $107 and $315 per
airplane depending on the configuration of the airplane.
The cost impact figures discussed above are based on assumptions
that no operator has yet accomplished any of the proposed requirements
of this AD action, and that no operator would accomplish those actions
in the future if this AD were not adopted. The cost impact figures
discussed in AD rulemaking actions represent only the time necessary to
perform the specific actions actually required by the AD. These figures
typically do not include incidental costs, such as the time required to
gain access and close up, planning time, or time necessitated by other
administrative actions. However, for affected airplanes within the
period under the warranty agreement, the FAA has been advised that the
manufacturer has committed previously to its customers that it will
bear the cost of the placard kits.
Regulatory Impact
The regulations proposed herein would 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. Therefore, it
is determined that this proposal would not have federalism implications
under Executive Order 13132.
For the reasons discussed above, I certify that this proposed
regulation (1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under the DOT
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979);
and (3) if promulgated, will not have a significant economic impact,
positive or negative, on a substantial number of small entities under
the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. A copy of the draft
regulatory evaluation prepared for this action is contained in the
Rules Docket. A copy of it may be obtained by contacting the Rules
Docket at the location provided under the caption ADDRESSES.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39
Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Safety.
The Proposed Amendment
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me by the
Administrator, the Federal Aviation Administration proposes to amend
part 39 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 39) as
follows:
PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
1. The authority citation for part 39 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701.
Sec. 39.13 [Amended]
2. Section 39.13 is amended by adding the following new
airworthiness directive: