# Proposed AD 88-NM-145-AD: Withdrawal - McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 Series Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Withdrawn
- Products: McDonnell Douglas
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Proposed rule; withdrawal.
- Published: April 5, 2002, 67 FR 16330
- Comments due: March 27, 2002
- Docket: 88-NM-145-AD
- FR document: 02-8281
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/95/17/9517d4a239e070b394d038d8192e0c9991f01e14320fa6c34a2d86d770372973 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-04-05/pdf/02-8281.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/04/05/02-8281/airworthiness-directives-mcdonnell-douglas-model-dc-8-series-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/229F3C89842BDC3986256B95006B2B1D.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/88-NM-145-AD

## 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 Accordingly, the proposed rule is withdrawn.

## Notices in this docket

- Apr 5, 2002: Proposed rule; withdrawal. (first notice), FR document 02-8281, comments due Mar 27, 2002 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/04/05/02-8281/airworthiness-directives-mcdonnell-douglas-model-dc-8-series-airplanes)

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