FAA airworthiness directive publication

AD 2013-10-04

2013-09-05 · Correction notice · Federal Register document 2013-21453

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This correction remains a separate publication; it is not presented as a newly issued independent directive.

What this historical correction says

Source publication 2013-09-05 · Document 2013-21453.

The notice publishes only a correction fragment. The summary or discussion below is not a complete applicability clause or a complete model list.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Airworthiness Directive 2013-10-04 (78 FR 
35110, June 12, 2013), currently requires a detailed repetitive 
inspection of the exhaust system, expanding the inspection scope to 
include the entirety of each airplane exhaust system, and repair or 
replacement of parts as necessary for all Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models 
PA-31, PA-31-325, and PA-31-350 airplanes.
    As published, the part number for the tail pipe assembly, top; 
under the Model PA-31-350; in Table 1 of paragraph (g) is incorrect.
    No other part of the preamble or regulatory information has been 
changed; therefore, only the changed portion of the final rule is being 
published in the Federal Register.
    The effective date of this AD remains July 17, 2013.

Correction of Regulatory Text


Sec.  39.13  [Corrected]

    In the Federal Register of June 12, 2013, AD 2013-10-04; Amendment 
39-17457 is corrected as follows:
    On page 35114, we are revising Table 1 of paragraph (g)--Recurring 
60-hour Inspections for Lycoming and Piper Exhaust System Parts, for 
the entry ``tail pipe assembly, top'' in the third sub-column of column 
3, Model/part number, remove ``40319-10'' and add ``40310-10'' in its 
place.

Original date wording

DATES: This final rule is effective September 5, 2013. The effective 
date for AD 2013-10-04 (78 FR 35110, June 12, 2013) remains July 17, 
2013.

Dates describing the correction and the original rule remain separate as written.

Original summary or discussion context

SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting an airworthiness directive (AD) that 
published in the Federal Register. That AD applies to all Piper 
Aircraft, Inc. Models PA-31, PA-31-325, and PA-31-350 airplanes. Table 
1 of paragraph (g) lists the incorrect model/part number for the Model 
PA-31-350, tail pipe assembly, top. This document corrects that error. 
In all other respects, the original document remains the same.

Literal source labels for discovery: PA-31, PA-31-325, PA-31-350. Labels remain as written; series, aliases and engine suffixes are not expanded.

Dated original publication

AD 2013-10-04 · 2013-06-12 · document 2013-13666

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Airworthiness Directive 2013-10-04 (78 FR 
35110, June 12, 2013), currently requires a detailed repetitive 
inspection of the exhaust system, expanding the inspection scope to 
include the entirety of each airplane exhaust system, and repair or 
replacement of parts as necessary for all Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models 
PA-31, PA-31-325, and PA-31-350 airplanes.
    As published, the part number for the tail pipe assembly, top; 
under the Model PA-31-350; in Table 1 of paragraph (g) is incorrect.
    No other part of the preamble or regulatory information has been 
changed; therefore, only the changed portion of the final rule is being 
published in the Federal Register.
    The effective date of this AD remains July 17, 2013.

Each link opens a separate dated source. These words and dates do not determine which directive controls today, aircraft applicability, installed configuration or compliance. No corrected rule body has been merged.

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Earlier extraction record

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Effective-date text

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Publication context

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