Special Conditions: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Boeing Model 747-400 Series Airplane; Forward Lower Lobe (Service/Cargo) Compartment
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 October 9, 2002 for Boeing. System: other and general.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Boeing
- Makes
- Boeing
- Models
- —
- Published
- October 9, 2002
- Effective
- September 29, 2002
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for the Boeing Model 747-400 series airplane. This airplane, as modified by the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Wichita, Kansas, will have novel or unusual design features associated with the installation of a forward lower lobe compartment that will have two functions: that of a service compartment and that of a class C cargo compartment. 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.