Special Conditions: Embraer S.A., Model EMB-550 Airplanes; Flight Envelope Protection: Pitch and Roll Limiting Functions
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 March 3, 2013 for Embraer. System: flight controls.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Embraer
- Makes
- Embraer
- Models
- —
- Published
- March 3, 2013
- Effective
- April 2, 2013
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for the Embraer S.A. Model EMB-550 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with pitch and roll limiting functions, specifically an electronic flight control system which contains fly-by-wire control laws, including envelope protections. 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.