Special Conditions: Airbus Model A321neo XLR Airplanes; Flight Envelope Protection, Icing and Non-Icing Conditions; High Incidence Protection
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 May 16, 2024 for Airbus, covering the A321neo XLR. System: instruments and avionics.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Airbus
- Makes
- Airbus
- Models
- A321neo XLR
- On this site
- Airbus A321 929 registered
- Published
- May 16, 2024
- Effective
- June 17, 2024
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for the Airbus Model A321neo XLR airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the applicable airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes. This design feature is flight-envelope protections, in icing and non- icing conditions, that use high-incidence protection and an alpha-floor system to automatically advance throttles when the airplane angle of attack reaches a predetermined value. 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.