# Proposed AD FAA-2007-0299: Saab Model SAAB 2000 Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2008-03-08
- Products: SAAB
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: December 10, 2007, 72 FR 69628
- Comments due: January 9, 2008
- Became: [AD 2008-03-08](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2008-03-08)
- Docket: FAA-2007-0299 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2007-0299, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2007-NM-239-AD
- FR document: E7-23869
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/dc/d0/dcd0663f8900dc714b5dc88c4c624edd7cb5c679058c6abf4294dfeac05a1b91 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-12-10/pdf/E7-23869.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/12/10/E7-23869/airworthiness-directives-saab-model-saab-2000-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/6683C614F7EDDF79862573AF00698C91.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2007-0299

## Summary

We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from 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 describes the unsafe condition as:

Subsequent to accidents involving Fuel Tank System explosions in flight * * * and on ground, the FAA has published Special Federal Aviation Regulation 88 (SFAR88) * * * [which] required * * * [conducting] a design review against explosion risks.

The unsafe condition is the potential of ignition sources inside fuel tanks, which, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in fuel tank explosions and consequent loss of the airplane. The proposed AD would require actions that are intended to address the unsafe condition described in the MCAI.

## Notices in this docket

- Dec 10, 2007: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document E7-23869, comments due Jan 9, 2008 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/12/10/E7-23869/airworthiness-directives-saab-model-saab-2000-airplanes)

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