Summary
This action withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 series airplanes. That action would have required incorporation of horizontal stabilizer position information into the existing takeoff configuration warning system. Since the issuance of the NPRM, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has received new data that indicate that the identified unsafe condition does not exist. Accordingly, the proposed rule is withdrawn.