Advisory circulars; availability, etc.: Normal and transport category rotorcraft— Load combination safety requirements and maximum weight and passenger seat limitation,

[Federal Register: August 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 161)]

[Notices]

[Page 44668]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Rotorcraft Draft Advisory Material

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft rotorcraft advisory material.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of availability of draft Advisory Circular (AC) material, which provides guidance as to an acceptable means of accomplishing the requirements of proposed rules on the subject of normal and transport category rotorcraft load combination safety requirements and on the subject of normal category rotorcraft maximum weight and passenger seat limitation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Jones, Rotorcraft Standards Staff, FAA, Rotorcraft Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service, Forth Worth, TX 76193-0110; telephone (817) 222-5359, fax (817) 222- 5961.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces the availability of draft AC material. The FAA tasked the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) to develop rulemaking and policy material for normal and transport category rotorcraft. The ARAC process is a means for the public to participate in the drafting of rules and advisory material. The FAA review of the ARAC Working Groups' material resulted in the FAA proposing Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM's) and AC material. Consequently, NPRM No. 98-6, ``Rotorcraft Load Combination Safety Requirements,'' was published in the Federal Register on July 13, 1998 (63 FR 37745). The accompanying AC material is available and will be published in a future revision to AC 27-1A and AC 29-2B (Certification of Normal Category Rotorcraft and Certification of Transport Category Rotorcraft, respectively). NPRM No. 98-4, ``Normal Category Rotorcraft Maximum Weight and Passenger Seat Limitation,'' was published in the Federal Register on June 25, 1998 (63 FR 34610). The accompanying AC material is available and will be published in a future revision to AC 27-1A (Certification of Normal Category Rotorcraft).

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 12, 1998. Eric Bries, Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 98-22387Filed8-19-98; 8:45 am]

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