Special Conditions: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) Model S-76D Helicopter, Search and Rescue (SAR) Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) Installation
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 17, 2014 for Sikorsky, covering the S-76D. System: flight controls.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Sikorsky
- Makes
- Sikorsky
- Models
- S-76D
- On this site
- Sikorsky S-76 141 registered
- Published
- December 17, 2014
- Effective
- February 16, 2015
- The FAA's document
- On the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
These special conditions are issued for the Sikorsky Model S- 76D helicopter. This model of 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.