Special Conditions: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Model GVII-G400 Airplane; Automatic Speed Protection for Design Dive Speed (Dive Speed Definition)
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 27, 2025 for Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, covering the GVII-G400. System: other and general.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
- Makes
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
- Models
- GVII-G400
- On this site
- Gulfstream GVII-G400 5 registered
- Published
- August 27, 2025
- Effective
- September 26, 2025
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for the Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Gulfstream) Model GVII-G400 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 a high-speed protection system. 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.