AD 98-12-31
Airworthiness Directives; British Aerospace Jetstream Model 3101 Airplanes
1 · Quick read — prepared by AircraftDirectives
Requires repositioning the fuel cross feed pipes in the lower center fuselage to give an overall clearance of 2 inches when measuring from the bottom of Frame Station 223.
- AD number
- 98-12-31
- Federal Register document
- 98-20839
- Citation
- 63 FR 41716
- Amendment
- 39-10584
- Docket
- Docket No. 98-CE-54-AD
- Action
- Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.
- Published
- 1998-08-05
- Effective
- 1998-09-10
- Effective (as stated in the rule)
- September 10, 1998.
- Issued by
- Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration
- Regulation
- 14 CFR 39
- Applies to (in our index)
- British Aerospace Jetstream 31/32
2 · Official Federal Register document — government source, verbatim
[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 41716-41717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20839]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. 98-CE-54-AD; Amendment 39-10584; AD 98-12-31]
RIN 2120-AA64
Airworthiness Directives; British Aerospace Jetstream Model 3101
Airplanes
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.
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SUMMARY: This action confirms the effective date of Airworthiness
Directive (AD) 98-12-31, which applies to certain British Aerospace
Jetstream Model 3101 airplanes. AD 98-12-31 requires repositioning the
fuel cross feed pipes in the lower center fuselage to give an overall
clearance of 2 inches when measuring from the bottom of Frame Station
223. This AD was the result of mandatory continuing airworthiness
information (MCAI) issued by the airworthiness authority for the United
Kingdom. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent the
fuel pipe from fracturing during a wheels up landing because of the
positioning of the fuel cross feed pipes, which could result in an
airplane fire.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 10, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. S.M. Nagarajan, Aerospace
Engineer, FAA, Small Airplane Directorate,
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Aircraft Certification Service, 1201 Walnut, suite 900, Kansas City,
Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 426-6934; facsimile: (816) 426-2169.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA published this direct final rule
with request for comments in the Federal Register on June 12, 1998 (63
FR 32121). The FAA uses the direct final rulemaking procedure for a
non-controversial rule where the FAA anticipates that there will be no
adverse public comment. This direct final rule advised the public that
no adverse comments were anticipated, and that unless a written adverse
comment, or a written notice of intent to submit such an adverse
comment, was received within the comment period, the regulation would
become effective on September 10, 1998. No adverse comments were
received, and thus this notice confirms that this final rule will
become effective on that date.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 28, 1998.
Michael Gallagher,
Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 98-20839 Filed 8-4-98; 8:45 am]
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Sources. Section 1 is written by AircraftDirectives from the record below and is a reading aid only. Section 2 is the United States Government's own text, reproduced without edit.
Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/08/05/98-20839/airworthiness-directives-british-aerospace-jetstream-model-3101-airplanes
Official PDF: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-08-05/pdf/98-20839.pdf
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