Special Conditions: Boeing Model 787-9, Side-Facing Seats
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 June 11, 2014 for Boeing, covering the 787-9. System: cabin, seats and restraints.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Boeing
- Makes
- Boeing
- Models
- 787-9
- On this site
- Boeing 787 Dreamliner 214 registered
- Published
- June 11, 2014
- Effective
- June 11, 2014
- 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 787-9 airplane. This airplane has a novel or unusual design feature associated with side-facing seats. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for occupants of seats installed at an angle of 49 degrees to the centerline of the airplane, nor for inflatable restraint systems. 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.