Special Conditions: Embraer S.A. Model ERJ 190-300 Airplane; Flight Envelope Protection, General Limiting Requirements, 17101-17103 [2017-07060]
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TABLE OF MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY AMOUNTS FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OCCURRING ON OR
AFTER JANUARY 15, 2017—Continued
2016 minimum
penalty
amount
United States Code
citation
Civil monetary penalty description
49 U.S.C.
46301(a)(5)(B)(ii).
2016 maximum penalty amount
New maximum penalty amount
N/A
N/A
12,856 .....................
13,066.
N/A
N/A
12,856 .....................
13,066.
N/A
N/A
12,856 .....................
13,066.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
4,126 .......................
22,587 .....................
4,194.
22,957.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
34,172 .....................
12,856 .....................
34,731.
13,066.
N/A
N/A
See 49 U.S.C.
46301(a)(1) and
(a)(5), above.
See 49 U.S.C.
46301(a)(1) and
(a)(5), above.
Violation by an individual or small business concern related to the registration
or recordation under 49 U.S.C. chapter
441, of an aircraft not used to provide
air transportation.
Violation by an individual or small business concern of 49 U.S.C. 44718(d),
relating to limitation on construction or
establishment of landfills.
Violation by an individual or small business concern of 49 U.S.C. 44725, relating to the safe disposal of life-limited
aircraft parts.
Tampering with a smoke alarm device ....
Knowingly providing false information
about alleged violation involving the
special aircraft jurisdiction of the
United States.
Interference with cabin or flight crew ......
Permanent closure of an airport without
providing sufficient notice.
Violation of 49 U.S.C. 47528–47530, relating to the prohibition of operating
certain aircraft not complying with
stage 3 noise levels.
49 U.S.C.
46301(a)(5)(B)(iii).
49 U.S.C.
46301(a)(5)(B)(iv).
49 U.S.C. 46301(b)
49 U.S.C. 46302 .....
49 U.S.C. 46318 .....
49 U.S.C. 46319 .....
49 U.S.C. 47531 .....
CHAPTER III—COMMERCIAL SPACE
TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
3. The authority citation for part 406
continues to read as follows:
Special Conditions: Embraer S.A.
Model ERJ 190–300 Airplane; Flight
Envelope Protection, General Limiting
Requirements
Authority: 51 U.S.C. 50901–50923.
4. Amend § 406.9 by revising
paragraph (a) to read as follows:
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Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
AGENCY:
Civil penalties.
(a) Civil penalty liability. Under 51
U.S.C. 50917(c), a person found by the
FAA to have violated a requirement of
the Act, a regulation issued under the
Act, or any term or condition of a
license or permit issued or transferred
under the Act, is liable to the United
States for a civil penalty of not more
than $229,562 for each violation. A
separate violation occurs for each day
the violation continues.
*
*
*
*
*
Issued under the authority provided by 28
U.S.C. 2461 note, 49 U.S.C. 106(f) and
44701(a), and 51 U.S.C. 50901 in
Washington, DC, on February 13, 2017.
Michael P. Huerta,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017–06766 Filed 4–7–17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2016–9402; Special
Conditions No. 25–655–SC]
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§ 406.9
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 25
PART 406—INVESTIGATIONS,
ENFORCEMENT, AND
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
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New minimum
penalty
amount
Final special conditions; request
for comments.
ACTION:
These special conditions are
issued for the Embraer S.A. (Embraer)
Model ERJ 190–300 airplane. This
airplane will have a novel or unusual
design feature when compared to the
state of technology envisioned in the
airworthiness standards for transportcategory airplanes. This design feature
is a new control architecture and a full
digital flight-control system, both of
which provide flight-envelope
protections. 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
SUMMARY:
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of safety equivalent to that established
by the existing airworthiness standards.
DATES: This action is effective on
Embraer on April 10, 2017. We must
receive your comments by May 25,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
by docket number FAA–2016–9402
using any of the following methods:
• Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/and follow
the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
• Mail: Send comments to Docket
Operations, M–30, U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West
Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC
20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take
comments to Docket Operations in
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: Fax comments to Docket
Operations at 202–493–2251.
Privacy: The FAA will post all
comments it receives, without change,
to https://www.regulations.gov/,
including any personal information the
commenter provides. Using the search
function of the docket Web site, anyone
can find and read the electronic form of
all comments received into any FAA
docket, including the name of the
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individual sending the comment (or
signing the comment for an association,
business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s
complete Privacy Act Statement can be
found in the Federal Register published
on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–19478),
as well as at
https://DocketsInfo.dot.gov/.
Docket: Background documents or
comments received may be read at
https://www.regulations.gov/ at any time.
Follow the online instructions for
accessing the docket or go to Docket
Operations in Room W12–140 of the
West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe
Jacobsen, FAA, Airplane and Flightcrew
Interface, ANM–111, Transport Airplane
Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service, 1601 Lind Avenue SW.,
Renton, Washington 98057–3356;
telephone (425) 227–2011; facsimile
(425) 227–1320.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
substance of these special conditions
has been subject to the notice and
comment period in several prior
instances and has been derived without
substantive change from those
previously issued. It is unlikely that
prior public comment would result in a
significant change from the substance
contained herein. Therefore, the FAA
has determined that prior public notice
and comment are unnecessary and
impracticable, and good cause exists for
adopting these special conditions upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Comments Invited
We invite interested people to take
part in this rulemaking by sending
written comments, data, or views. The
most helpful comments reference a
specific portion of the special
conditions, explain the reason for any
recommended change, and include
supporting data.
We will consider all comments we
receive by the closing date for
comments. We may change these special
conditions based on the comments we
receive.
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Background
On September 13, 2013, Embraer
applied for an amendment to Type
Certificate No. A57NM to include the
new Model ERJ 190–300 airplane. The
Model ERJ 190–300 airplane, which is a
derivative of the Embraer Model ERJ
190–100 STD airplane currently
approved under Type Certificate No.
A57NM, is a 97- to 114-passenger
transport-category airplane, designed
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with a new wing with a high aspect
ratio and raked wingtip, and a new
electrical-distribution system. The
maximum take-off weight is 124,340 lbs
(56,400 kg).
Type Certification Basis
Under the provisions of Title 14, Code
of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 21.101,
Embraer must show that the Model ERJ
190–300 airplane meets the applicable
provisions of the regulations listed in
Type Certificate No. A57NM, or the
applicable regulations in effect on the
date of application for the change,
except for earlier amendments as agreed
upon by the FAA.
If the Administrator finds that the
applicable airworthiness regulations
(i.e., 14 CFR part 25) do not contain
adequate or appropriate safety standards
for the Model ERJ 190–300 airplane
because of a novel or unusual design
feature, special conditions are
prescribed under the provisions of
§ 21.16.
Special conditions are initially
applicable to the model for which they
are issued. Should the type certificate
for that model be amended later to
include any other model that
incorporates the same novel or unusual
design feature, or should any other
model already included on the same
type certificate be modified to
incorporate the same novel or unusual
design feature, these special conditions
would also apply to the other model
under § 21.101.
In addition to the applicable
airworthiness regulations and special
conditions, the Embraer Model ERJ 190–
300 airplane must comply with the fuelvent and exhaust-emission requirements
of 14 CFR part 34 and the noisecertification requirements of 14 CFR
part 36.
The FAA issues special conditions, as
defined in 14 CFR 11.19, in accordance
with § 11.38, and they become part of
the type certification basis under
§ 21.101.
Novel or Unusual Design Features
The Embraer Model ERJ 190–300
airplane will incorporate the following
novel or unusual design feature: A new
control architecture and a full digital
flight-control system, both of which
provide flight-envelope protections.
Discussion
The applicable airworthiness
regulation that applies to these special
conditions is 14 CFR 25.143. The
purpose of § 25.143 is to verify that any
airplane operational maneuvers
conducted within the airplane
operational envelope can be
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accomplished smoothly with average
piloting skill, and without exceeding
any structural limits. The pilot should
be able to predict the airplane response
to any control input. During the course
of the flight-test program, the pilot
determines compliance with § 25.143
primarily through qualitative methods.
During flight test, the pilot evaluates all
of the following:
• The interface between each
protection function,
• Transitions from one mode to
another,
• The aircraft response to intentional
dynamic maneuvering, whenever
applicable, through dedicated
maneuvers,
• General controllability,
• High speed characteristics, and
• High angle-of-attack.
However, § 25.143 does not
adequately ensure that the novel or
unusual feature of the Embraer Model
ERJ 190–300 airplane will have a level
of safety equivalent to that of existing
standards. These special conditions are
required to accommodate the flightenvelope-limiting systems in the Model
ERJ 190–300 airplane.
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.
Applicability
As discussed above, these special
conditions are applicable to the Embraer
Model ERJ 190–300 airplane. Should
Embraer apply at a later date for a
change to the type certificate to include
another model incorporating the same
novel or unusual design feature, these
special conditions would apply to that
model as well.
This action affects only a certain
novel or unusual design feature on one
model of airplane. It is not a rule of
general applicability.
The substance of these special
conditions has been subject to the notice
and comment period in several prior
instances and has been derived without
substantive change from those
previously issued. It is unlikely that
prior public comment would result in a
significant change from the substance
contained herein. Therefore, the FAA
has determined that prior public notice
and comment are unnecessary and
impracticable, and good cause exists for
adopting these special conditions upon
publication in the Federal Register. The
FAA is requesting comments to allow
interested persons to submit views that
may not have been submitted in
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response to the prior opportunities for
comment described above.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 25
Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
The authority citation for these
special conditions is as follows:
Issued in Renton, Washington, on March
15, 2017.
Dionne Palermo,
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane
Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–07060 Filed 4–7–17; 8:45 am]
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701,
44702, 44704.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The Special Conditions
Federal Aviation Administration
Accordingly, pursuant to the
authority delegated to me by the
Administrator, the following special
conditions are issued as part of the type
certification basis for Embraer Model
ERJ 190–300 airplanes.
14 CFR Part 39
1. General Limiting Requirements
Airworthiness Directives; Bell
Helicopter Textron Canada Helicopters
a. Onset characteristics of each
envelope protection feature must be
smooth, appropriate to the phase of
flight and type of maneuver, and not in
conflict with the ability of the pilot to
satisfactorily change airplane flight
path, speed, or attitude as needed.
b. Limit values of protected flight
parameters (and if applicable, associated
warning thresholds) must be compatible
with the following:
i. Airplane structural limits,
ii. Required safe and controllable
maneuvering of the airplane, and
iii. Margins to critical conditions.
Unsafe flight characteristics/conditions
must not result if dynamic
maneuvering, airframe and system
tolerances (both manufacturing and inservice), and non-steady atmospheric
conditions, in any appropriate
combination and phase of flight, can
produce a limited flight parameter
beyond the nominal design-limit value.
c. The airplane must be responsive to
intentional dynamic maneuvering to
within a suitable range of the parameter
limit. Dynamic characteristics such as
damping and overshoot must also be
appropriate for the flight maneuver and
limit parameter in question.
d. When simultaneous envelope
limiting is engaged, adverse coupling or
adverse priority must not result.
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2. Failure States
a. Electronic flight-control-system
failures (including sensors) must not
result in a condition where a parameter
is limited to such a reduced value that
safe and controllable maneuvering is no
longer available.
b. The crew must be alerted by
suitable means if any change in
envelope limiting or maneuverability is
produced by single or multiple failures
of the electronic flight-control system
not shown to be extremely improbable.
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[Docket No. FAA–2017–0189; Directorate
Identifier 2017–SW–008–AD; Amendment
39–18847; AD 2017–05–51]
RIN 2120–AA64
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
We are publishing a new
airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell
Helicopter Textron Canada (Bell) Model
429 helicopters. This AD requires
inspecting the condenser blower motor
(motor) and condenser blower (blower)
to determine if the motor is securely
attached to the blower support (shroud).
This AD is prompted by a report that the
motor detached from the blower. The
actions of this AD are intended to
prevent an unsafe condition on these
products.
DATES: This AD becomes effective April
25, 2017 to all persons except those
persons to whom it was made
immediately effective by Emergency AD
2017–05–51, issued on March 3, 2017,
which contains the requirements of this
AD.
The Director of the Federal Register
approved the incorporation by reference
of a certain document listed in this AD
as of April 25, 2017. We must receive
comments on this AD by June 9, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments by
any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Docket: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Send comments to the U.S.
Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M–30, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: Deliver to the
‘‘Mail’’ address between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUMMARY:
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Examining the AD Docket
You may examine the AD docket on
the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov by searching for
and locating Docket No. FAA–2017–
0189; or in person at the Docket
Operations Office between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The AD docket
contains this AD, any incorporated by
reference service information, the
economic evaluation, any comments
received, and other information. The
street address for the Docket Operations
Office (telephone 800–647–5527) is in
the ADDRESSES section. Comments will
be available in the AD docket shortly
after receipt.
For service information identified in
this final rule, contact Air Comm
Corporation, 1575 West 124th Avenue,
Westminster, CO 80234; telephone:
(303) 440–4075 (during business hours)
or (720) 233–8330 (after hours); email:
service@aircommcorp.com; Web site:
https://www.aircommcorp.com/contact.
You may review the referenced service
information at the FAA, Office of the
Regional Counsel, Southwest Region,
10101 Hillwood Pkwy, Room 6N–321,
Fort Worth, TX 76177. It is also
available on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov by searching for
and locating Docket No. FAA–2017–
0189.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Bryant, Aerospace Engineer,
Denver Aircraft Certification Office,
FAA, Technical Operations Center,
26805 East 68th Avenue, Room 214,
Denver CO 80249; phone (303) 342–
1092; fax (303) 342–1088; email
Matthew.Bryant@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
This AD is a final rule that involves
requirements affecting flight safety, and
we did not provide you with notice and
an opportunity to provide your
comments prior to it becoming effective.
However, we invite you to participate in
this rulemaking by submitting written
comments, data, or views. We also
invite comments relating to the
economic, environmental, energy, or
federalism impacts that resulted from
adopting this AD. The most helpful
comments reference a specific portion of
the AD, explain the reason for any
recommended change, and include
supporting data. To ensure the docket
does not contain duplicate comments,
commenters should send only one copy
of written comments, or if comments are
filed electronically, commenters should
submit them only one time. We will file
in the docket all comments that we
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 25
[Docket No. FAA-2016-9402; Special Conditions No. 25-655-SC]
Special Conditions: Embraer S.A. Model ERJ 190-300 Airplane;
Flight Envelope Protection, General Limiting Requirements
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final special conditions; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: These special conditions are issued for the Embraer S.A.
(Embraer) Model ERJ 190-300 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 new control architecture and a full
digital flight-control system, both of which provide flight-envelope
protections. 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.
DATES: This action is effective on Embraer on April 10, 2017. We must
receive your comments by May 25, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2016-9402
using any of the following methods:
Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/and follow the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30, U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202-493-2251.
Privacy: The FAA will post all comments it receives, without
change, to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal
information the commenter provides. Using the search function of the
docket Web site, anyone can find and read the electronic form of all
comments received into any FAA docket, including the name of the
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individual sending the comment (or signing the comment for an
association, business, labor union, etc.). DOT's complete Privacy Act
Statement can be found in the Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19477-19478), as well as at https://DocketsInfo.dot.gov/.
Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at
https://www.regulations.gov/ at any time. Follow the online instructions
for accessing the docket or go to Docket Operations in Room W12-140 of
the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Jacobsen, FAA, Airplane and
Flightcrew Interface, ANM-111, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft
Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98057-
3356; telephone (425) 227-2011; facsimile (425) 227-1320.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The substance of these special conditions
has been subject to the notice and comment period in several prior
instances and has been derived without substantive change from those
previously issued. It is unlikely that prior public comment would
result in a significant change from the substance contained herein.
Therefore, the FAA has determined that prior public notice and comment
are unnecessary and impracticable, and good cause exists for adopting
these special conditions upon publication in the Federal Register.
Comments Invited
We invite interested people to take part in this rulemaking by
sending written comments, data, or views. The most helpful comments
reference a specific portion of the special conditions, explain the
reason for any recommended change, and include supporting data.
We will consider all comments we receive by the closing date for
comments. We may change these special conditions based on the comments
we receive.
Background
On September 13, 2013, Embraer applied for an amendment to Type
Certificate No. A57NM to include the new Model ERJ 190-300 airplane.
The Model ERJ 190-300 airplane, which is a derivative of the Embraer
Model ERJ 190-100 STD airplane currently approved under Type
Certificate No. A57NM, is a 97- to 114-passenger transport-category
airplane, designed with a new wing with a high aspect ratio and raked
wingtip, and a new electrical-distribution system. The maximum take-off
weight is 124,340 lbs (56,400 kg).
Type Certification Basis
Under the provisions of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14
CFR) 21.101, Embraer must show that the Model ERJ 190-300 airplane
meets the applicable provisions of the regulations listed in Type
Certificate No. A57NM, or the applicable regulations in effect on the
date of application for the change, except for earlier amendments as
agreed upon by the FAA.
If the Administrator finds that the applicable airworthiness
regulations (i.e., 14 CFR part 25) do not contain adequate or
appropriate safety standards for the Model ERJ 190-300 airplane because
of a novel or unusual design feature, special conditions are prescribed
under the provisions of Sec. 21.16.
Special conditions are initially applicable to the model for which
they are issued. Should the type certificate for that model be amended
later to include any other model that incorporates the same novel or
unusual design feature, or should any other model already included on
the same type certificate be modified to incorporate the same novel or
unusual design feature, these special conditions would also apply to
the other model under Sec. 21.101.
In addition to the applicable airworthiness regulations and special
conditions, the Embraer Model ERJ 190-300 airplane must comply with the
fuel-vent and exhaust-emission requirements of 14 CFR part 34 and the
noise-certification requirements of 14 CFR part 36.
The FAA issues special conditions, as defined in 14 CFR 11.19, in
accordance with Sec. 11.38, and they become part of the type
certification basis under Sec. 21.101.
Novel or Unusual Design Features
The Embraer Model ERJ 190-300 airplane will incorporate the
following novel or unusual design feature: A new control architecture
and a full digital flight-control system, both of which provide flight-
envelope protections.
Discussion
The applicable airworthiness regulation that applies to these
special conditions is 14 CFR 25.143. The purpose of Sec. 25.143 is to
verify that any airplane operational maneuvers conducted within the
airplane operational envelope can be accomplished smoothly with average
piloting skill, and without exceeding any structural limits. The pilot
should be able to predict the airplane response to any control input.
During the course of the flight-test program, the pilot determines
compliance with Sec. 25.143 primarily through qualitative methods.
During flight test, the pilot evaluates all of the following:
The interface between each protection function,
Transitions from one mode to another,
The aircraft response to intentional dynamic maneuvering,
whenever applicable, through dedicated maneuvers,
General controllability,
High speed characteristics, and
High angle-of-attack.
However, Sec. 25.143 does not adequately ensure that the novel or
unusual feature of the Embraer Model ERJ 190-300 airplane will have a
level of safety equivalent to that of existing standards. These special
conditions are required to accommodate the flight-envelope-limiting
systems in the Model ERJ 190-300 airplane.
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.
Applicability
As discussed above, these special conditions are applicable to the
Embraer Model ERJ 190-300 airplane. Should Embraer apply at a later
date for a change to the type certificate to include another model
incorporating the same novel or unusual design feature, these special
conditions would apply to that model as well.
This action affects only a certain novel or unusual design feature
on one model of airplane. It is not a rule of general applicability.
The substance of these special conditions has been subject to the
notice and comment period in several prior instances and has been
derived without substantive change from those previously issued. It is
unlikely that prior public comment would result in a significant change
from the substance contained herein. Therefore, the FAA has determined
that prior public notice and comment are unnecessary and impracticable,
and good cause exists for adopting these special conditions upon
publication in the Federal Register. The FAA is requesting comments to
allow interested persons to submit views that may not have been
submitted in
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response to the prior opportunities for comment described above.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 25
Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
The authority citation for these special conditions is as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701, 44702, 44704.
The Special Conditions
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me by the
Administrator, the following special conditions are issued as part of
the type certification basis for Embraer Model ERJ 190-300 airplanes.
1. General Limiting Requirements
a. Onset characteristics of each envelope protection feature must
be smooth, appropriate to the phase of flight and type of maneuver, and
not in conflict with the ability of the pilot to satisfactorily change
airplane flight path, speed, or attitude as needed.
b. Limit values of protected flight parameters (and if applicable,
associated warning thresholds) must be compatible with the following:
i. Airplane structural limits,
ii. Required safe and controllable maneuvering of the airplane, and
iii. Margins to critical conditions. Unsafe flight characteristics/
conditions must not result if dynamic maneuvering, airframe and system
tolerances (both manufacturing and in-service), and non-steady
atmospheric conditions, in any appropriate combination and phase of
flight, can produce a limited flight parameter beyond the nominal
design-limit value.
c. The airplane must be responsive to intentional dynamic
maneuvering to within a suitable range of the parameter limit. Dynamic
characteristics such as damping and overshoot must also be appropriate
for the flight maneuver and limit parameter in question.
d. When simultaneous envelope limiting is engaged, adverse coupling
or adverse priority must not result.
2. Failure States
a. Electronic flight-control-system failures (including sensors)
must not result in a condition where a parameter is limited to such a
reduced value that safe and controllable maneuvering is no longer
available.
b. The crew must be alerted by suitable means if any change in
envelope limiting or maneuverability is produced by single or multiple
failures of the electronic flight-control system not shown to be
extremely improbable.
Issued in Renton, Washington, on March 15, 2017.
Dionne Palermo,
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-07060 Filed 4-7-17; 8:45 am]
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