2022-09425

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: • the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document • the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to • the agency docket number / agency internal file number • the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration • 14 CFR Part 27 • [Docket No. FAA-2021-0943; Special Conditions No. 27-057-SC] AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final special conditions. SUMMARY: These special conditions are issued for the Robinson Helicopter Company (RHC) Model R66 helicopter. This helicopter will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for normal category helicopters. This design feature is a pressure refueling system. 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: Effective June 2, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Monica Abboud, Propulsion Section, AIR-794, Los Angeles ACO Branch, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 3960 Paramount Boulevard, Lakewood, California 90712; telephone (562) 627-5223; email monica.m.abboud@faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On July 15, 2021, RHC applied for a change to Type Certificate No. R00015LA for the Model R66 helicopter. This change incorporates a pressure fueling system in the Model R66 helicopter. The RHC Model R66 helicopter, which is a derivative of the earlier models of the Model R66 helicopter currently approved under Type Certificate No. R00015LA, is a part 27 normal category helicopter. It is a single turbine engine helicopter with a four-passenger maximum passenger capacity and has a maximum gross weight, with no external load, of up to 2,700 pounds depending on the model configuration. Type Certification Basis Under the provisions of 14 CFR 21.101, RHC must show that the Model R66 helicopter, as changed, continues to meet the applicable provisions of the regulations listed in Type Certificate No. R00015LA 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 ( e.g.,14 CFR part 27) do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for the RHC Model R66 helicopter 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 RHC Model R66 helicopter must comply with the noise certification 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 Feature The RHC Model R66 helicopter will incorporate the following no…

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