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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. 

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 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 

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 

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. 

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 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). 

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. 

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 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 

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 

§§ 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] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Part 538 

[GSAR Case 2022–G514; Docket No. 2023– 

0009; Sequence No. 1] 

RIN 3090–AK58 

General Services Acquisition 

Regulation (GSAR); Standardizing 

Federal Supply Schedule Clause and 

Provision Prescriptions; Correction 

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, 

General Services Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: On January 12, 2024, GSA 

published a final rule amending the 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to 

clarify when GSAR clauses apply to 

Federal Supply Schedule contracts. 

Some text inadvertently appeared in a 

section revision, and inadvertently 

omitted amendatory text. This 

correction removes that text and adds 

the omitted language. 

DATES: This correction is effective 

February 12, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Adina Torberntsson, Procurement 

Analyst, at 720–475–0568 or 


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