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Special Conditions: Boeing Model 787-8 Airplane; Operation Without Normal Electrical Power

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 February 26, 2008 for Boeing. System: electrical power.

What it applies to

Applicant
Boeing
Makes
Boeing
Models
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Published
February 26, 2008
Effective
March 27, 2008
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 787-8 airplane. This airplane will have novel or unusual design features when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes. The Boeing Model 787-8 airplane will have numerous electrically operated systems whose function is needed for continued safe flight and landing of the airplane. For these design features, the applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards. 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 standards. Additional special conditions have been issued for other novel or unusual design features of the Boeing Model 787-8 airplanes.

Source: FAA special conditions (final) from the Dynamic Regulatory System; the Federal Register carries the same notices.