Special Conditions: Airbus Model A350-900 Series Airplane; Side- Stick Controllers
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 August 6, 2014 for Airbus. System: landing gear.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Airbus
- Makes
- Airbus
- Models
- —
- Published
- August 6, 2014
- Effective
- September 7, 2014
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for Airbus Model A350-900 airplanes. These airplanes will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with side-stick controllers for pitch and roll control, instead of conventional wheels and columns. 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.