Bill wrote: > Read my email again. I'm not just pulling your chain.
> I don't do that. You have put something factually incorrect out to the list. > > AC 43.13-1B of 9/8/98 696 pages is a different AC that > seems to have been recently cancelled. Nothing has replaced it. > > AC43.13-2B of 3/3/08, approximately 137 pages, supersedes > AC 43.13-2A dated January 1, 1977. (same publication) > > Again, 43.13-1 is 696 pages. > 43.13-2 is only 137 pages. > > If you actually look at these publications, you'll understand. OK, you got me out of my chair and into the back room, digging in my box of manuals for my copy of Aircraft Repair Manual edited by Larry Reithmaier, 1990. The dawn is beginning to brighten, somewhat. The first section is a reprint of FAA AC 43.13-1A, complete and unedited. Its titled Ácceptable Methods, Techniques, and Practices Aircraft Inspection and Repair. The second section is a reprint of FAA AC 43.13-2A (a completely different publication) titled Acceptable Methods, Techniques, and Practices Aircraft Alterations. OK, Im catching on. The link I posted was to the revision of the second document about Aircraft Alterations, AC 43.13-2B. But, as you say, 43.13-1B has been cancelled and not replaced. I see that it has been superseded by 43.13-1B Change 1 (dated 9/9/98 on the title page and including Change 1 September 27, 2001) http://rgl.faa.gov/REGULATORY_AND_GUIDANCE_LIBRARY/RGADVISORYCIRCULAR.NSF/0/ 99c827db9baac81b86256b4500596c4e/$FILE/signature.pdf or http://tinyurl.com/5u6smj When going to http://rgl.faa.gov <http://rgl.faa.gov/> then 1. click on Advisory Circulars then 2. click on Historical ACs then 3. click on Cancellation History then 4. click on the arrow next to AC 43.13-1B CHG 1. This takes you to a screen that shows you current status of 43.13-1B CHG 1. Youll see two line groups for AC 43.13-1B. The upper group is for AC 43.13-1B CHG 1 and shows the green checkmark for Current. The lower line group is for the older 43.13-1A which was cancelled 9/8/98. GAWD! Id like to strangle the FAA wienie who devised their regulation, AC and order numbering system! So, in summary, it looks like there is a currently in-use version of AC 43.13-1 and thats available online, the multi-section one to which Percy referred which is AC 43.13-1B CHG 1. http://rgl.faa.gov/REGULATORY_AND_GUIDANCE_LIBRARY%5CRGADVISORYCIRCULAR.NSF/ 0/99C827DB9BAAC81B86256B4500596C4E?OpenDocument or http://tinyurl.com/59beof Ed
