FAA-00-8460

FAA-00-8460

Airworthiness Directives

FAA-00-8460

Dated December 5, 2001
Federal Register January 12, 2001

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Airworthiness Directives

The FAA proposes to revise part 39 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations by adding several provisions currently found in many airworthiness directives to part 39 and omitting this language from most individual airworthiness directives. Removing this language from airworthiness directives will place the focus on the unsafe condition which created the need for regulatory action. A number of users have suggested to FAA that this boilerplate language imposed a burden on the reader without contributing to aviation safety. The standard provisions made it harder for the reader to focus on the safety aspects of the airworthiness directive. The FAA proposes to move the following provisions currently found in airworthiness directives to part 39:

1. Airworthiness directives apply even if products have been modified, altered, or repaired in the area addressed by the directive;
2. The FAA may issue a special flight permit if you can't move your product to a repair facility within the time limits imposed by the
airworthiness directive; and
3. Specify procedures for asking FAA to approve other methods for complying with the airworthiness directive.

By: Donald Byrne

Airworthiness Directives

FAA-00-8460

February 6, 2001