2023-15-06: Heating System

1. The authority citation for part 39 continues to read as follows: Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701. 2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding the following new airworthiness directive: 2023-15-06 Pilatus Aircraft Ltd: Amendment 39-22518; Docket No. FAA-2023-1042; Project Identifier MCAI-2023-00274-A. (a) Effective Date This airworthiness directive (AD) is effective September 27, 2023. (b) Affected Ads None. (c) Applicability This AD applies to Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Model PC-24 airplanes, all serial numbers, certificated in any category. (d) Subject Joint Aircraft System Component (JASC) Code: 2100, Heating System. (e) Unsafe Condition This AD was prompted by mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI states that there have been reports of an electrical burning smell in the cabin without the presence of smoke and there is currently no airplane flight manual (AFM) procedure for addressing this condition. The FAA is issuing this AD to provide the flight crew with a new procedure in the existing AFM for your airplane to address the presence of an electrical burning smell in the cabin without the presence of smoke. This condition, if not addressed, could lead to increased pilot workload, possibly resulting in a reduction of safety margins and an emergency landing. (f) Compliance Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified, unless already done. (g) Required Action (1) Except as specified in paragraph (h) of this AD: Comply with all required actions and compliance times specified in, and in accordance with, European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD 2023-0038, dated February 14, 2023 (EASA AD 2023-0038). (2) The actions required by paragraph (g)(1) of this AD may be performed by the owner/operator (pilot) holding at least a private pilot certificate and must be entered into the aircraft records showing compliance with this AD in accordance with 14 CFR 43.9(a) and 91.417(a)(2)(v). The record must be maintained as required by 14 CFR 91.417, 121.380, or 135.439. (h) Exceptions to EASA AD 2023-0038 (1) Where EASA AD 2023-0038 refers to its effective date, this AD requires using the effective date of this AD. (2) Where paragraph (1) of EASA AD 2023-0038 specifies to "amend the AFM by inserting a copy of the AFM TR," this AD requires replacing those words with "revise the Limitations Section of the existing AFM for your airplane by inserting a copy of the AFM TR as defined in EASA AD 2023-0038." (3) Where paragraph (1) of EASA AD 2023-0038 specifies to "inform all flight crews and, thereafter, operate the [airplane] accordingly," this AD does not require those actions. (4) This AD does not adopt the Remarks paragraph of EASA AD 2023-0038. (i) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs) The Manager, International Validation Branch, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your request to your principal inspector or local Flight Standards District Office, as appropriate. If sending information directly to the International Validation Branch, send it to the attention of the person identified in paragraph (j) of this AD or email to: 9-AVS-AIR-730-AMOC@faa.gov. If mailing information, also submit information by email. Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager of the responsible Flight Standards Office. (j) Additional Information For more information about this AD, contact Doug Rudolph, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY 11590; phone: (816) 329-4059; email: doug.rudolph@faa.gov . (k) Material Incorporated by Reference (1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of the service information listed in this paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. (2) You must use this service information as applicable to do the actions required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise. (i) European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD 2023-0038, dated February 14, 2023. (ii) [Reserved] (3) For EASA AD 2023-0038, contact EASA, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 3, 50668 Cologne, Germany; phone: +49 221 8999 000; email: ADs@easa.europa.eu; website easa.europa.eu. You may find this EASA AD on the EASA website ad.easa.europa.eu. (4) You may view this service information at the FAA, Airworthiness Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106. For information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call (817) 222-5110. (5) You may view this service information that is incorporated by reference at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, email: fr.inspection@nara.gov , or go to: www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html. Issued on August 17, 2023. Ross Landes, Deputy Director for Regulatory Operations, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 2023-18121 Filed 8-22-23; 8:45 am]BILLING CODE 4910-13-P