Special Conditions: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Model S-92A Helicopter; Installation of a Search and Rescue (SAR) Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS)
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 December 12, 2010 for Sikorsky. System: flight controls.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Sikorsky
- Makes
- Sikorsky
- Models
- —
- Published
- December 12, 2010
- Effective
- February 10, 2011
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) model S-92A helicopter. This helicopter, as modified by Sikorsky, will have novel or unusual design features associated with installing an optional SAR AFCS. The applicable airworthiness standards do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards the Administrator considers necessary to show 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.