Special Conditions: St. Louis Helicopter, LLC; Textron Aviation B300, B300C, B300C (MC-12W), and B300C (UC-12W) Airplanes; Installation of Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
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 May 2, 2018 for St. Louis Helicopter LLC. System: electric propulsion.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- St. Louis Helicopter LLC
- Makes
- Textron Aviation Inc.
- Models
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- Published
- May 2, 2018
- Effective
- May 2, 2018
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for the Textron Aviation models B300, B300C, B300C (MC-12W), and B300C (UC-12W) series airplanes. The airplane, as modified by St. Louis Helicopter LLC, will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with the installation of a rechargeable lithium battery. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards 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.