Special Conditions: The Boeing Company Model 787 Series Airplane; Seats With \nPretensioner Restraint Systems
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 25, 2021 for Boeing, covering the 787-8, 787-9, 787-10. System: cabin, seats and restraints.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Boeing
- Makes
- Boeing
- Models
- 787-8, 787-9, 787-10
- On this site
- Boeing 787 Dreamliner 214 registered
- Published
- March 25, 2021
- Effective
- April 25, 2021
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for The Boeing Company (Boeing) Model 787 series airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes. This design feature is pretensioner restraint systems installed on passenger seats. 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.