[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24212-24214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12085]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR part 25
[Docket No. NM-124; Special Conditions No. 25-ANM-114]
Special Conditions: Dassault Aviation, Mystere Falcon 50
Airplane; High-Intensity Radiated Fields
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 Dassault Aviation,
Mystere Falcon 50 airplane modified by K-C Aviation of Appleton,
Wisconsin. This airplane will be equipped with a Flight Visions FV-2000
Head-up Display System that provides critical data to the flightcrew.
The applicable regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate
safety standards for the protection of these systems from the effects
of high-intensity radiated fields. 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: The effective date of these special conditions is May 3, 1996.
Comments must be received on or before June 28, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Comments on these final special conditions, request for
comments, may be mailed in duplicate to: Federal Aviation
Administration, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, Attn: Rules
Docket (ANM-7), Docket No. NM-124, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton,
Washington, 98055-4056; or delivered in duplicate to the Office of the
Assistant Chief Counsel at the above address. Comments must be marked:
Docket No. NM-124. Comments may be inspected in the Rules Docket
weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Dunford, FAA, Flight Test and
Systems Branch, ANM-111, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft
Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington, 98055-
4056; telephone (206) 227-2239; facsimile (206) 227-1100.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
The FAA has determined that good cause exists for making these
special conditions effective upon issuance; however, interested persons
are invited to submit such written data, views, or arguments as they
may desire. Communications should identify the regulatory docket and
special conditions number and be submitted in duplicate to the address
specified above. All communications received on or before the closing
date for comments will be considered by the Administrator. These
special conditions may be changed in light of comments received. All
comments submitted will be available in the Rules Docket for
examination by interested persons, both before and after the closing
date for comments. A report summarizing each substantive public contact
with FAA personnel concerning this rulemaking will be filed in the
docket. Persons wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their
comments submitted in response to this request must be submitted with
those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the
following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. NM-124.'' The
postcard will be date stamped and returned to the commenter.
Background
On June 27, 1995, K-C Aviation of Appleton, Wisconsin, applied for
a supplemental type certificate to modify Dassault Aviation, Mystere
Falcon 50 airplanes. The Dassault Aviation, Mystere Falcon 50 is a
business jet with three aft mounted turbine engines. The airplane can
carry three crew and 19 passengers depending on the configuration, and
is capable of operating to an altitude of 49,000 feet. The proposed
modification incorporates the installation of a digital avionics system
that will present critical functions on the Head-up Display System
(HUD), which are potentially vulnerable to a high-intensity radiated
fields (HIRF) external to the airplane
Supplemental Type Certification Basis
Under the provisions of Sec. 21.101 of the Federal Aviation
Regulations (FAR), K-C Aviation must show that the altered Dassault
Aviation, Mystere Falcon 50 airplane continues to meet the applicable
provisions of Sec. 21.29; and part 25, effective February 1, 1965, as
amended by Amendments 25-1 through 25-34 and Sec. 25.255 of Amendment
25-42; Sec. 25.979 (d) and (e) of Amendment 25-38; Sec. 25.1013(b)(1)
of Amendment 25-36; Sec. 25.1351(d) of Amendment 25-41;
Sec. 25.1353(c)(6) of Amendment 25-42; part 36 of the FAR effective
December 1, 1969, as amended through Amendment 36-9; Special Federal
Aviation Regulations (SFAR) 27 effective February 1, 1974, as amended
through Amendment SFAR 27-1; and Special Conditions 25-86-EU-24. In
addition, the certification basis may include other special conditions
that are not relevant to these proposed special conditions.
If the Administrator finds that the applicable airworthiness
regulations (i.e., part 25, as amended) do not contain adequate or
appropriate safety standards for the Dassault Aviation, Mystere Falcon
50 airplane because of a novel or unusual design feature, special
conditions are prescribed under the provisions of Sec. 21.16 to
establish a level of safety equivalent to that established in the
regulations.
Special conditions, as appropriate, are issued in accordance with
Sec. 11.49 of the FAR after public notice, as required by Secs. 11.28
and 11.29, and become part of the type certification basis in
accordance with Sec. 21.17(a)(2).
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, the special conditions would also apply to the
other model under the provision of Sec. 21.101(a)(1).
Novel or Unusual Design Features
The Dassault Aviation, Mystere Falcon 50 airplane incorporates a
Flight Visions FV-200 Head-up Display system that provides critical
data to the flightcrew. These systems may be vulnerable to HIRF
external to the airplane.
Discussion
There is no specific regulation that addresses protection
requirements for electrical and electronic systems from HIRF. Increased
power levels from ground-based radio transmitters and the growing use
of sensitive electrical and electronic systems to command and control
airplanes have made it necessary to provide adequate protection.
To ensure that a level of safety is achieved equivalent to that
intended by the regulations incorporated by reference, special
conditions are proposed for the Dassault Aviation, Mystere Falcon 50,
which would require that new technology electrical and electronic
systems, such as the HUD, etc., be designed and installed to preclude
component damage and interruption of function due to both the direct
and indirect effects of HIRF.
High-Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF)
With the trend toward increased power levels from ground-based
transmitters, plus the advent of space and satellite communications,
coupled with electronic command and control of the airplane, the
immunity of critical
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digital avionics systems to HIRF must be established.
It is not possible to precisely define the HIRF to which the
airplane will be exposed in service. There is also uncertainty
concerning the effectiveness of airframe shielding for HIRF.
Furthermore, coupling of electromagnetic energy to cockpit-installed
equipment through the cockpit window apertures is undefined. Based on
surveys and analysis of existing HIRF emitters, an adequate level of
protection exists when compliance with the HIRF protection special
condition is shown with either paragraphs 1 or 2 below:
1. A minimum threat of 100 volts per meter peak electric field
strength from 10 KHz to 18 GHz.
a. The threat must be applied to the system elements and their
associated wiring harnesses without the benefit of airframe shielding.
b. Demonstration of this level of protection is established through
system tests and analysis.
2. A threat external to the airframe of the following field
strengths for the frequency ranges indicated.
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Peak (V/ Average
Frequency M) (V/M)
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10 KHz-100 KHz.................................... 50 50
100 KHz-500 KHz................................... 60 60
500 KHz-2000 KHz.................................. 70 70
2 MHz-30 MHz...................................... 200 200
30 MHz-100 MHz.................................... 30 30
100 MHz-200 MHz................................... 150 33
200 MHz-400 MHz................................... 70 70
400 MHz-700 MHz................................... 4,020 935
700 MHz-1000 MHz.................................. 1,700 170
1 GHz-2 GHz....................................... 5,000 990
2 GHz-4 GHz....................................... 6,680 840
4 GHz-6 GHz....................................... 6,850 310
6 GHz-8 GHz....................................... 3,600 670
8 GHz-12 GHz...................................... 3,500 1,270
12 GHz-18 GHz..................................... 3,500 360
18 GHz-40 GHz..................................... 2,100 750
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As discussed above, the proposed special conditions would be
applicable initially to the K-C Aviation modified Dassault Aviation,
Mystere Falcon 50. Should K-C Aviation apply at a later date for a
change to the supplemental type certificate to include another model
incorporating the same novel or unusual design feature, the special
conditions would apply to that model as well under the provisions of
Sec. 21.101(a)(1).
Conclusion
This action affects only certain design features on the Dassault
Aviation, Mystere Falcon 50 airplane. It is not a rule of general
applicability and affects only the manufacturer who applied to the FAA
for approval of these features on the airplane.
The substance of these special conditions for this airplane has
been subjected to the notice and comment procedure 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. For
this reason, and because a delay would significantly affect the
certification of the airplane, which is imminent, the FAA has
determined that prior public notice and comment are unnecessary and
impracticable, and good cause exists for adopting these special
conditions immediately. Therefore, these special conditions are being
made effective upon issuance. The FAA is requesting comments to allow
interested persons to submit views that may not have been submitted in
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 citiation for these special conditions is as follows
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701, 44702, 44704.
The Special Conditions
According, the following special conditions are issued as part of
the supplemental type certification basis for the K-C Aviation modified
Dassault Aviation, Mystere Falcon 50 series airplanes.
1. Protection from Unwanted Effects of High-Intensity Radiated
Fields (HIRF). Each electrical and electronic system that performs
critical functions must be designed and installed to ensure that the
operation and operational capability of these systems to perform
critical functions are not adversely affected when the airplane is
exposed to high-intensity radiated fields.
2. For the purpose of these special conditions, the following
definition applies: Critical Functions. Functions whose failure would
contribute to or cause a failure condition that would prevent the
continued safe flight and landing of the airplane.
Issued in Renton, Washington, on May 3, 1996.
Stewart R. Miller,
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service, ANM-100.
[FR Doc. 96-12085 Filed 5-13-96; 8:45 am]
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