Special Conditions: DAHER-SOCATA, Model TBM 700; Inflatable Four- Point Restraint Safety Belt With an Integrated Airbag Device
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 December 12, 2016 for Daher-Socata. System: cabin, seats and restraints.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Daher-Socata
- Makes
- DAHER-SOCATA
- Models
- —
- Published
- December 12, 2016
- Effective
- December 12, 2016
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for the installation of an inflatable four-point restraint safety belt with an integrated airbag device at the pilot and copilot seats on the DAHER-SOCATA, Model TBM 700 airplane. These airplanes, as modified by the installation of these inflatable safety belts, will have novel and unusual design features associated with the upper-torso restraint portions of the four-point safety belts, which contain an integrated airbag device. 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.