# Proposed AD 96-NM-242-AD: Airtell International, Inc., Centaurus Model C3-100 Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS), as Installed in Various Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 97-01-12
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: October 18, 1996, 61 FR 54364
- Comments due: November 25, 1996
- Became: [AD 97-01-12](https://openairdocs.org/ad/97-01-12)
- Docket: 96-NM-242-AD
- FR document: 96-26707
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/84/a8/84a8455f3e0a5d6d8fd618b341a80f83f1097f558e10c29d4374604b6df218aa (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-10-18/pdf/96-26707.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/10/18/96-26707/airworthiness-directives-airtell-international-inc-centaurus-model-c3-100-ground-proximity-warning
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/96-NM-242-AD

## Summary

This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Airtell International, Inc., Centaurus Model C3-100 GPWS equipment that is installed on any type of airplane. This proposal would require replacement of this equipment with a similar type of equipment that meets specific performance requirements. This proposal is prompted by results of an investigation, which revealed that, under certain circumstances, the Centaurus GPWS equipment does not provide the flight crew with aural warnings to indicate that the airplane is descending. The actions specified by the proposed AD are intended to prevent failure of the GPWS equipment to provide such aural warnings. If the flight crew relies on receiving such warnings and the GPWS equipment fails to provide those warnings, the ability of the flight crew to prevent the airplane from impacting the ground may be inhibited.

## Notices in this docket

- Oct 18, 1996: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 96-26707, comments due Nov 25, 1996 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/10/18/96-26707/airworthiness-directives-airtell-international-inc-centaurus-model-c3-100-ground-proximity-warning)

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