Special Conditions: Airbus Helicopters Model H160-B Helicopter; Extended Duration of Flight After Loss of Main Gearbox Lubrication
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 7, 2024 for Airbus Helicopters, covering the H160-B. System: other and general.
What it applies to
- Applicant
- Airbus Helicopters
- Makes
- Airbus Helicopters
- Models
- H160-B
- On this site
- Airbus Helicopters H160 18 registered
- Published
- May 7, 2024
- Effective
- June 6, 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 Helicopters (Airbus) Model H160-B helicopter. This helicopter has a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for helicopters. This design feature is the extended duration of continued safe flight and landing beyond 30 minutes after indication to the flightcrew of the loss of main gearbox lubrication. 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.