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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 25
[Docket No. FAA–2023–2443; Special
Conditions No. 25–855–SC]
Special Conditions: Gulfstream
Aerospace Corporation Model GVIII–
G700 and GVIII–G800 Series Airplanes;
Electronic Flight Control System:
Control Surface Position Awareness
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final special conditions; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
These special conditions are
issued for the Gulfstream Aerospace
Corporation (Gulfstream) Model GVIII–
G700 and GVIII–G800 series airplanes.
These airplanes 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 an electronic flightcontrol system providing control-surface
awareness to the flightcrew. 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
Gulfstream on February 13, 2024. Send
comments on or before March 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
by Docket No. FAA–2023–2443 using
any of the following methods:
• Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to
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
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a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: Fax comments to Docket
Operations at 202–493–2251.
• Docket: Background documents or
comments received may be read at
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: Troy
Brown, Performance and Environment
Unit, AIR–621A, Technical Policy
Branch, Policy and Standards Division,
Aircraft Certification Service, Federal
Aviation Administration, 1801 S Airport
Rd., Wichita, KS 67209–2190; telephone
and fax 405–666–1050; email
troy.a.brown@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
substance of these special conditions
has been published in the Federal
Register for public comment in several
prior instances with no substantive
comments received. Therefore, the FAA
finds, pursuant to 14 CFR 11.38(b), that
new comments are unlikely, and notice
and comment prior to this publication
are unnecessary.
Under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt
from public disclosure. If your
comments responsive to these special
conditions contain commercial or
financial information that is customarily
treated as private, that you actually treat
as private, and that is relevant or
responsive to these special conditions, it
is important that you clearly designate
the submitted comments as CBI. Please
mark each page of your submission
containing CBI as ‘‘PROPIN.’’ The FAA
will treat such marked submissions as
confidential under the FOIA, and the
indicated comments will not be placed
in the public docket of these special
conditions. Send submissions
containing CBI to the individual listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section above. Comments the
FAA receives, which are not specifically
designated as CBI, will be placed in the
public docket for these special
conditions.
Privacy
Background
On December 31, 2019, Gulfstream
applied for an amendment to Type
Certificate No. T00015AT to include the
new Model GVIII–G700 and GVIII–G800
series airplanes. These airplanes, which
are derivatives of the Model GVI
currently approved under Type
Certificate No. T00015AT, are twinengine, transport-category airplanes,
with a maximum seating for 19
passengers, and a maximum take-off
weight of 107,600 pounds (GVIII–G700)
and 105,600 pounds (GVIII–G800).
Except for Confidential Business
Information (CBI) as described in the
following paragraph, and other
information as described in title 14,
Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)
11.35, the FAA will post all comments
received without change to https://
www.regulations.gov/, including any
personal information you provide. The
FAA will also post a report
summarizing each substantive verbal
contact received about these special
conditions.
Confidential Business Information
Confidential Business Information
(CBI) is commercial or financial
information that is both customarily and
actually treated as private by its owner.
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Comments Invited
The FAA invites 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.
The FAA will consider all comments
received by the closing date for
comments and will consider comments
filed late if it is possible to do so
without incurring delay. The FAA may
change these special conditions based
on the comments received.
Type Certification Basis
Under the provisions of title 14, Code
of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 21.101,
Gulfstream must show that the Model
GVIII–G700 and GVIII–G800 series
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airplanes meet the applicable provisions
of the regulations listed in Type
Certificate No. T00015AT, 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 Gulfstream Model GVIII–G700
and GVIII–G800 series airplanes 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 Gulfstream Model
GVIII–G700 and GVIII–G800 series
airplanes must comply with the
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 14 CFR 11.38, and they become
part of the type certification basis under
§ 21.101.
impending control surface limiting,
piloted or auto-flight system control of
the airplane might be inadvertently
continued in such a manner as to cause
loss of airplane control, or other unsafe
stability or performance characteristics.
The airworthiness standards do not
contain adequate or appropriate safety
standards for the conditions that result
from the EFCS and lack of direct
coupling from the flight deck controller
to the control surface.
To establish a level of safety
equivalent to that established in the
regulations, these special conditions are
established. These special conditions
require that the flightcrew receive
suitable flight-control position
annunciation when a condition exists in
which nearly full surface authority (not
crew commanded) is being utilized.
Suitability of such an alerting must take
into account that some pilot-demanded
maneuvers (e.g., rapid roll) are
necessarily associated with intended
full performance, which may saturate
the surface. Therefore, simple alerting
systems, which would function in either
intended or unexpected control-limiting
situations, must be properly balanced
between necessary crew awareness and
unwanted nuisance factors. A
monitoring system that might compare
airplane motion, surface deflection, and
pilot demand could be helpful in
reducing nuisance alerting.
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.
Novel or Unusual Design Features
The Gulfstream Model GVIII–G700
and GVIII–G800 airplanes will
incorporate the following novel or
unusual design feature:
Electronic flight-control system
providing control-surface awareness to
the flightcrew.
Applicability
As discussed above, these special
conditions are applicable to the
Gulfstream Model GVIII–G700 and
GVIII–G800 series airplanes. Should
Gulfstream apply at a later date for a
change to the type certificate to include
another 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 apply to that model as
well.
Discussion
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation is
intending to utilize an electronic flightcontrol system (including side-stick
controllers for pitch and roll control)
(EFCS) in its new Model GVIII–G700
and GVIII–G800 series airplanes. With
an EFCS and no direct coupling from
the flightdeck controller to the control
surface, the pilot may not be aware of
the actual surface position. Some
unusual flight conditions, arising from
atmospheric conditions, airplane
malfunctions, or engine failures, may
result in full or nearly full control
surface deflection. Unless the flightcrew
is made aware of excessive deflection or
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Conclusion
This action affects only a certain
novel or unusual design feature on
Gulfstream Model GVIII–G700 and
GVIII–G800 series of airplanes. It is not
a rule of general applicability.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 25
Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
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Authority Citation
The authority citation for these
special conditions is as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113,
44701, 44702, and 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 Gulfstream Model
GVIII–G700 and GVIII–G800 airplanes.
In addition to compliance with
§§ 25.143, 25.671, 25.672, and 25.1322,
the following special condition applies:
The system design must ensure that
the flightcrew is made suitably aware
whenever the primary control means
nears the limit of control authority.
Note: The term ‘‘suitably aware’’ indicates
annunciations provided to the flightcrew are
appropriately balanced between nuisance
and that necessary for crew awareness.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on
February 7, 2024.
Patrick R. Mullen,
Manager, Technical Innovation Policy
Branch, Policy and Innovation Division,
Aircraft Certification Service.
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under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 25
[Docket No. FAA-2023-2443; Special Conditions No. 25-855-SC]
Special Conditions: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Model GVIII-
G700 and GVIII-G800 Series Airplanes; Electronic Flight Control System:
Control Surface Position Awareness
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 Gulfstream
Aerospace Corporation (Gulfstream) Model GVIII-G700 and GVIII-G800
series airplanes. These airplanes 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 an electronic flight-control system providing control-
surface awareness to the flightcrew. 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 Gulfstream on February 13, 2024.
Send comments on or before March 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by Docket No. FAA-2023-2443 using
any of the following methods:
Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to 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.
Docket: Background documents or comments received may be
read at 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: Troy Brown, Performance and
Environment Unit, AIR-621A, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and
Standards Division, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation
Administration, 1801 S Airport Rd., Wichita, KS 67209-2190; telephone
and fax 405-666-1050; email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The substance of these special conditions
has been published in the Federal Register for public comment in
several prior instances with no substantive comments received.
Therefore, the FAA finds, pursuant to 14 CFR 11.38(b), that new
comments are unlikely, and notice and comment prior to this publication
are unnecessary.
Privacy
Except for Confidential Business Information (CBI) as described in
the following paragraph, and other information as described in title
14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 11.35, the FAA will post all
comments received without change to https://www.regulations.gov/,
including any personal information you provide. The FAA will also post
a report summarizing each substantive verbal contact received about
these special conditions.
Confidential Business Information
Confidential Business Information (CBI) is commercial or financial
information that is both customarily and actually treated as private by
its owner. Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552),
CBI is exempt from public disclosure. If your comments responsive to
these special conditions contain commercial or financial information
that is customarily treated as private, that you actually treat as
private, and that is relevant or responsive to these special
conditions, it is important that you clearly designate the submitted
comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your submission containing
CBI as ``PROPIN.'' The FAA will treat such marked submissions as
confidential under the FOIA, and the indicated comments will not be
placed in the public docket of these special conditions. Send
submissions containing CBI to the individual listed in the For Further
Information Contact section above. Comments the FAA receives, which are
not specifically designated as CBI, will be placed in the public docket
for these special conditions.
Comments Invited
The FAA invites 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.
The FAA will consider all comments received by the closing date for
comments and will consider comments filed late if it is possible to do
so without incurring delay. The FAA may change these special conditions
based on the comments received.
Background
On December 31, 2019, Gulfstream applied for an amendment to Type
Certificate No. T00015AT to include the new Model GVIII-G700 and GVIII-
G800 series airplanes. These airplanes, which are derivatives of the
Model GVI currently approved under Type Certificate No. T00015AT, are
twin-engine, transport-category airplanes, with a maximum seating for
19 passengers, and a maximum take-off weight of 107,600 pounds (GVIII-
G700) and 105,600 pounds (GVIII-G800).
Type Certification Basis
Under the provisions of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14
CFR) 21.101, Gulfstream must show that the Model GVIII-G700 and GVIII-
G800 series
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airplanes meet the applicable provisions of the regulations listed in
Type Certificate No. T00015AT, 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 Gulfstream Model GVIII-G700 and
GVIII-G800 series airplanes 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 Gulfstream Model GVIII-G700 and GVIII-G800 series
airplanes must comply with the 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 14 CFR 11.38, and they become part of the type
certification basis under Sec. 21.101.
Novel or Unusual Design Features
The Gulfstream Model GVIII-G700 and GVIII-G800 airplanes will
incorporate the following novel or unusual design feature:
Electronic flight-control system providing control-surface
awareness to the flightcrew.
Discussion
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation is intending to utilize an
electronic flight-control system (including side-stick controllers for
pitch and roll control) (EFCS) in its new Model GVIII-G700 and GVIII-
G800 series airplanes. With an EFCS and no direct coupling from the
flightdeck controller to the control surface, the pilot may not be
aware of the actual surface position. Some unusual flight conditions,
arising from atmospheric conditions, airplane malfunctions, or engine
failures, may result in full or nearly full control surface deflection.
Unless the flightcrew is made aware of excessive deflection or
impending control surface limiting, piloted or auto-flight system
control of the airplane might be inadvertently continued in such a
manner as to cause loss of airplane control, or other unsafe stability
or performance characteristics. The airworthiness standards do not
contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for the conditions
that result from the EFCS and lack of direct coupling from the flight
deck controller to the control surface.
To establish a level of safety equivalent to that established in
the regulations, these special conditions are established. These
special conditions require that the flightcrew receive suitable flight-
control position annunciation when a condition exists in which nearly
full surface authority (not crew commanded) is being utilized.
Suitability of such an alerting must take into account that some pilot-
demanded maneuvers (e.g., rapid roll) are necessarily associated with
intended full performance, which may saturate the surface. Therefore,
simple alerting systems, which would function in either intended or
unexpected control-limiting situations, must be properly balanced
between necessary crew awareness and unwanted nuisance factors. A
monitoring system that might compare airplane motion, surface
deflection, and pilot demand could be helpful in reducing nuisance
alerting.
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
Gulfstream Model GVIII-G700 and GVIII-G800 series airplanes. Should
Gulfstream apply at a later date for a change to the type certificate
to include another 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 apply to that model as
well.
Conclusion
This action affects only a certain novel or unusual design feature
on Gulfstream Model GVIII-G700 and GVIII-G800 series of airplanes. It
is not a rule of general applicability.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 25
Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Authority Citation
The authority citation for these special conditions is as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701, 44702, and
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 Gulfstream Model GVIII-G700 and GVIII-
G800 airplanes.
In addition to compliance with Sec. Sec. 25.143, 25.671, 25.672,
and 25.1322, the following special condition applies:
The system design must ensure that the flightcrew is made suitably
aware whenever the primary control means nears the limit of control
authority.
Note: The term ``suitably aware'' indicates annunciations
provided to the flightcrew are appropriately balanced between
nuisance and that necessary for crew awareness.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 7, 2024.
Patrick R. Mullen,
Manager, Technical Innovation Policy Branch, Policy and Innovation
Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-02943 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
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