Special Conditions: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Model GV, GV-SP, and GIV-X Airplanes; Windshield Coating in Lieu of Wipers
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 January 7, 2007 for Gulfstream. System: airframe structure.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Gulfstream
- Makes
- Gulfstream
- Models
- —
- Published
- January 7, 2007
- Effective
- December 21, 2006
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
This special condition is issued for the Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Model GV, GV-SP, and GIV-X airplanes. These airplanes will have a novel or unusual design feature(s) associated with the use of a hydrophobic windshield coating, rather than windshield wipers, as the means to maintain a clear portion of the windshield during precipitation conditions, as required by the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. This special condition contains 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.