[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 29205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12262]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 23
[Docket No. CE306; Special Conditions No. 23-246-SC]
Special Conditions: Cirrus Design Corporation Model SF50
airplane; Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) System;
Withdrawal
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final special conditions; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing a previously published document
granting special conditions for the Cirrus Design Corporation model
SF50 airplane. We are withdrawing Special Condition No. 23-246-SC
through mutual agreement with Cirrus Design Corporation.
DATES: Effective May 21, 2015, the special condition published on April
20, 2010 (75 FR 20518) is withdrawn.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pretz, Federal Aviation
Administration, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone (816)
329-3239; facsimile (816) 329-4090, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 9, 2008, Cirrus Design Corporation applied for a type
certificate for their new model SF50 aircraft. Under the provisions of
14 CFR part 21, Sec. 21.17, Cirrus Design Corporation must show that
the model SF50 meets the applicable provisions of part 23, as amended
by amendments 23-1 through 23-59.
On April 20, 2010, the FAA published Special Condition No. 23-246-
SC for the Cirrus Design Corporation model SF50 airplane. The Cirrus
SF50 is a low-wing, five-plus-two-place (2 children), single-engine
turbofan-powered aircraft. The airplane engine is controlled by an
Electronic Engine Control (EEC), also known as a Full Authority Digital
Engine Control (FADEC).
On December 11, 2012 Cirrus Design Corporation elected to adjust
the certification basis of the SF50 to include 14 CFR part 23 through
amendment 62. Special Condition No. 23-246-SC is therefore being
withdrawn. It no longer reflects the appropriate part 23 amendment
level of the aircraft and the basic Special Condition requirement for
EEC equipped aircraft has been revised.
Reason for Withdrawal
The FAA is withdrawing Special Condition No. 23-246-SC because
Cirrus Design Corporation elected to revise the model SF50
certification basis to amendment 23-62.
The authority citation for this Special Condition withdrawal is 49
U.S.C. 106(g), 40113 and 44701; 14 CFR 21.16 and 21.17; and 14 CFR
11.38 and 11.19.
Conclusion
Withdrawal of this special condition does not preclude the FAA from
issuing another document on the subject matter in the future or
committing the agency to any future course of action.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri on May 11, 2015.
Earl Lawrence,
Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-12262 Filed 5-20-15; 8:45 am]
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