Special Conditions: Bombardier Inc., Models BD-700-2A12 and BD- 700-2A13 Series Airplanes; Electronic Flight Control System: Control Surface Awareness and Mode Annunciation
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, 2015 for Bombardier, covering the BD-700-2A13, BD-700-2A12. System: flight controls.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Bombardier
- Makes
- Bombardier
- Models
- BD-700-2A13, BD-700-2A12
- On this site
- Bombardier BD-700 Global Express, 5000 and 6000 659 registered
- Published
- August 6, 2015
- Effective
- August 6, 2015
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for the Bombardier Inc. Models BD-700-2A12 and BD-700-2A13 series airplanes. These airplanes will have novel or unusual design features when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes. These design features are a fly-by-wire electronic flight control system (EFCS) and no direct coupling from the flight deck controller to the control surface. As a result, the pilot is not aware of the actual control surface position. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for these design features. 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.