Special Conditions: Eclipse Aviation Corporation, Model 500; Fire Extinguishing System for Aft Mounted Engine Installations.
Special conditions are rules the FAA writes for one design when the standard certification rules do not cover something new about it. These were published September 25, 2002 for Eclipse Aviation. System: engine.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Eclipse Aviation
- Makes
- Eclipse Aviation
- Models
- —
- Published
- September 25, 2002
- Effective
- October 27, 2002
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for the Eclipse Aviation Corporation, Model 500 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature(s) associated with aft mounted turbine engines. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
Source: FAA special conditions (final) from the Dynamic Regulatory System; the Federal Register carries the same notices.