Special Conditions: Diamond Aircraft Industries, Model DA-40NG; Electronic \nEngine Control (EEC) System
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 November 21, 2011 for Diamond Aircraft Industry GMBH. System: engine.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Diamond Aircraft Industry GMBH
- Makes
- Diamond Aircraft Industry GmbH
- Models
- —
- Published
- November 21, 2011
- Effective
- October 27, 2011
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for the Diamond Aircraft Industries, Model DA-40NG airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature(s) associated with an electronic engine control (EEC) also known as a Full authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC). 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.