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by minorities and/or serving minorities. 

The Director of OMWI also serves as 

NCUA’s Director of Equal Employment 

Opportunity. 

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[FR Doc. 2016–01602 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7535–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–5878; Special 

Conditions No. 25–608–SC] 

Special Conditions: Dassault Aviation, 

Model Falcon 2000EX Airplanes, HeadUp Display (HUD) With Vision-System 

Video 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final special conditions; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: These special conditions are 

issued for Dassault Aviation Model 

Falcon 2000EX airplanes. This airplane 

will have a novel or unusual design 

feature associated with a vision system 

that displays video imagery on the headup display (HUD). 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 

Dassault Aviation on January 27, 2016. 

We must receive your comments by 

March 14, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2015–5878 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to 

http://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 http://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 

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 http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov/. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://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: Dale 

Dunford, FAA, Airplane and Flightcrew 

Interface, ANM–111, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification 

Service, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 

Renton, Washington 98057–3356; 

telephone 425–227–2239; facsimile 

425–227–1100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

has determined that notice of, and 

opportunity for prior public comment 

on, these special conditions are 

impracticable because these procedures 

would significantly delay issuance of 

the design approval and thus delivery of 

the affected airplane. In addition, the 

substance of these special conditions 

has been subject to the public-comment 

process in several prior instances with 

no substantive comments received. The 

FAA therefore finds that good cause 

exists for making these special 

conditions effective 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 24, 2012, the European 

Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), on 

behalf of Dassault Aviation, applied for 

a design change to type certificate no. 

A50NM to install the Elbit Systems 

head-up display, which is an enhancedflight vision system (EFVS) and 

synthetic vision system (SVS). The 

change includes the display of a visionsystem video on the HUD. 

Video display on the HUD constitutes 

new and unusual technology for which 

the FAA has no certification criteria. 

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) 25.773 does not permit visual 

distortions and reflections in the pilot’s 

view out the airplane windshield that 

could interfere with the pilot’s normal 

duties, and was not written in 

anticipation of such technology. Special 

conditions are therefore issued as 

prescribed under the provisions of 

§ 21.16. 

Type Certification Basis 

Under the provisions of 14 CFR 

21.101, Dassault Aviation must show 

that the Model Falcon 2000EX airplane, 

as changed, continues to meet the 

applicable provisions of the regulations 

listed in type certificate no. A50NM, or 

the applicable regulations in effect on 

the date of application for the change, 

except for earlier amendments as agreed 

upon by the FAA. The regulations listed 

in the type certificate are commonly 

referred to as the ‘‘original type 

certification basis.’’ The regulations 

listed in type certificate no. A50NM are 

as follows: 

14 CFR part 25, effective February 1, 

1965, including the latest applicable 

requirements of Amendments 25–1 

through 25–98. In addition, the 

certification basis includes certain 

special conditions, exemptions, or later 

amended sections of the applicable part 

that are not relevant to these special 

conditions. 

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 Falcon 2000EX 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. 


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In addition to the applicable 

airworthiness regulations and special 

conditions, the Dassault Aviation Model 

Falcon 2000EX 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 § 11.38, and they become part of 

the type-certification basis under 

§ 21.101. 

Novel or Unusual Design Features 

The Model Falcon 2000EX airplane 

will incorporate the following novel or 

unusual design feature: 

Enhanced-flight vision system and 

synthetic vision system that display 

video imagery on a HUD. 

Discussion 

For many years the FAA has 

approved, on transport-category 

airplanes, the use of HUD that display 

flight symbols without a significant 

visual obstruction of the outside view. 

When the FAA began to evaluate the 

display of enhanced vision-system 

(EVS) imagery on the HUD, significant 

potential to obscure the outside view 

became apparent, contrary to the 

requirements of 14 CFR 25.773. This 

rule does not permit distortions and 

reflections in the pilot-compartment 

view, through the airplane windshield, 

that interferes with normal duties, and 

the rule was not written in anticipation 

of such technology. The video image 

potentially interferes with the pilot’s 

ability to see the natural scene in the 

center of the forward field of view. 

Therefore, the FAA issued special 

conditions for such HUD/EVS 

installations to ensure that the level of 

safety required by § 25.773 would be 

met even when the image might 

partially obscure the outside view. 

While many of the characteristics of 

EVS and SVS video differ in some ways, 

they have one thing in common: The 

potential for interference with the 

outside view through the airplane 

windshield. 

Although the pilot readily may be 

able to see around and through small, 

individual, stroke-written symbols on 

the HUD, the pilot may not be able to 

see, without some interference of the 

outside view, around or through the 

image that fills the display. 

Nevertheless, the vision-system video 

may be capable of meeting the required 

level of safety when considering the 

combined view of the image and the 

outside scene visible to the pilot 

through the image. It is essential that the 

pilot can use this combination of image 

and natural view of the outside scene as 

safely and effectively as the pilotcompartment view currently available 

without the vision-system image. 

Because § 25.773 does not provide for 

any alternatives or considerations for 

such a new and novel system, the FAA 

establishes safety requirements that 

assure an equivalent level of safety and 

effectiveness of the pilot-compartment 

view as intended by that rule. The 

purpose of these special conditions is to 

provide the unique pilot-compartmentview requirements for the EFVS/SVS 

installation. 

Applicability 

As discussed above, these special 

conditions are applicable to the Dassault 

Aviation Model Falcon 2000EX 

airplane. Should the applicant apply at 

a later date for a change to the type 

certificate to include another model 

incorporating the same novel or unusual 

design feature, the special conditions 

would apply to that model as well. 

Conclusion 

This action affects only certain novel 

or unusual design features on Dassault 

Aviation Model Falcon 2000EX 

airplanes. It is not a rule of general 

applicability. 

The substance of these special 

conditions has been subjected to the 

public 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, because a delay would 

significantly affect the certification of 

the HUD/EVS modification to the 

Falcon 2000EX 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 upon publication in 

the Federal Register. 

The FAA requests 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 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 typecertification basis for Dassault Aviation 

Falcon 2000EX airplanes. 

1. During any phase of flight in which 

it is to be used, the vision-system video 

imagery on the HUD must not degrade 

flight safety or interfere with the 

effective use of outside visual references 

for required pilot tasks. 

2. To avoid unacceptable interference 

with the safe and effective use of the 

pilot-compartment view, the vision 

system must meet the following 

requirements: 

a. The vision-system design must 

minimize unacceptable display 

characteristics or artifacts (e.g., terrain 

shadowing against a dark background) 

that obscure the desired image of the 

scene, impair the pilot’s ability to detect 

and identify visual references, mask 

flight hazards, distract the pilot, or 

otherwise degrade task performance or 

safety. 

b. Control of vision-system display 

brightness must be sufficiently effective 

in dynamically changing background 

(ambient) lighting conditions to avoid 

pilot distraction, impairment of the 

pilot’s ability to detect and identify 

visual references, masking of flight 

hazards, or to otherwise degrade task 

performance or safety. If automatic 

control for image brightness is not 

provided, it must be shown that a 

single, manual setting is satisfactory for 

the range of lighting conditions 

encountered during a time-critical, highworkload phase of flight (e.g., lowvisibility instrument approach). 

c. A readily accessible control must be 

provided that permits the pilot to 

immediately deactivate and reactivate 

display of the vision-system video 

image on demand, without having to 

remove hands from the primary flight 

controls (yoke or equivalent) or thrust 

control. 

d. The vision-system video image on 

the HUD must not impair the pilot’s use 

of guidance information, or degrade the 

presentation and pilot awareness of 

essential flight information displayed on 

the HUD, such as alerts, airspeed, 

attitude, altitude and direction, 

approach guidance, windshear 

guidance, TCAS resolution advisories, 

or unusual-attitude recovery cues. 

e. The vision-system video image and 

the HUD symbols, which are spatially 

referenced to the pitch scale, outside 

view, and image, must be scaled and 

aligned (i.e., conformal) to the external 

scene. In addition, the vision-system 

video image and the HUD symbols— 

when considered singly or in 

combination—must not be misleading, 

cause pilot confusion, or increase 


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workload. Airplane attitudes or crosswind conditions may cause certain 

symbols and graphic elements (e.g., the 

zero-pitch line or flight-path vector) to 

reach field-of-view limits, such that they 

cannot be positioned in alignment with 

the image and external scene. In such 

cases, these symbols may be displayed 

but with an altered appearance 

(‘‘ghosting’’) that makes the pilot aware 

that the symbols and graphics are no 

longer displayed conformally. The 

combined use of symbols and runway 

image may not be used for path 

monitoring when path symbols are no 

longer conformal (i.e., in alignment with 

the real-world view out the airplane 

window). 

f. A HUD system used to display 

vision-system video images must, if 

previously certified, continue to meet 

all of the requirements of the original 

approval. 

3. The safety and performance of the 

pilot tasks associated with the use of the 

pilot-compartment view must be not be 

degraded by the display of the visionsystem video image. These tasks include 

the following: 

a. Detection, accurate identification, 

and maneuvering, as necessary, to avoid 

traffic, terrain, obstacles, and other 

flight hazards. 

b. Accurate identification and 

utilization of visual references required 

for every task relevant to the phase of 

flight. 

4. Appropriate limitations must be 

stated in the Operating Limitations 

section of the Airplane Flight Manual to 

prohibit the use of vision systems for 

functions that have not been found to be 

acceptable. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on January 

19, 2016. 

Michael Kaszycki 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01583 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. FAA–2014–1076; Special 

Conditions No. 25–607–SC] 

Special Conditions: Dassault Aviation 

Model Falcon 5X, Limit Pilot Forces 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final special conditions; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: These special conditions are 

issued for the Dassault Aviation Model 

Falcon 5X 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 an electronic flight-control system 

with pilot controls through a side stick 

instead of a conventional control stick. 

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 

Dassault Aviation on January 27, 2016. 

We must receive your comments by 

March 14, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2014–1076 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to 

http://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 http://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 

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 http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov/. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://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: 

Mark Freisthler, FAA, Airframe and 

Cabin Safety Branch, ANM–115, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue 

SW., Renton, Washington 98057–3356; 

telephone 425–227–1119; facsimile 

425–227–1320. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

has determined that notice of, and 

opportunity for prior public comment 

on, these special conditions is 

impracticable because these procedures 

would significantly delay issuance of 

the design approval and thus delivery of 

the affected airplane. 

In addition, the substance of these 

special conditions has been subject to 

the public-comment process in several 

prior instances with no substantive 

comments received. The FAA therefore 

finds that good cause exists for making 

these special conditions effective 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 July 1, 2012, Dassault applied for 

a type certificate for their new Model 

Falcon 5X airplane. This airplane is a 

large transport-category airplane to be 

operated in private/corporate 

transportation with a maximum of 19 

passengers. The Falcon 5X is expected 

to have a range of 5,200 nm at Mach 

0.80. The Model Falcon 5X airplane 

incorporates a low, swept wing with 

winglets, and twin rear-fuselagemounted Snecma Silvercrest turbofan 

engines. The fuselage is about 23 m long 

with a 26 m wingspan. The maximum 

altitude is 51,000 ft and maximum takeoff weight is 30,225 kg. The Model 

Falcon 5X airplane also features the 

newest generation of Dassault Aviation’s 

EASy flight deck. 

The current limit pilot forces 

requirement in Title 14, Code of Federal 

Regulations (14 CFR) part 25 is 

inadequate for addressing an airplane 


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