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Vol. 82, No. 155 

Monday, August 14, 2017 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. FAA–2016–8030; Special 

Conditions No. 25–698–SC] 

Special Conditions: Garmin 

International, Beechcraft Corporation 

Model 400A Airplanes; Airplane 

Electronic-System Security Protection 

From Unauthorized Internal Access 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final special conditions; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: These special conditions are 

issued for Garmin International 

(Garmin) for modifications to Beechcraft 

Corporation (Beechcraft) Model 400A 

airplanes. These airplanes, as modified 

by Garmin, 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 

incorporates the Garmin G5000 satellitebased navigation system into the 

airplanes. 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 

Garmin on August 14, 2017. We must 

receive your comments by September 

28, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2016–8030 

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). 

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: 

Varun Khanna, FAA, Airplane and 

Flightcrew Interface, ANM–111, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue 

SW., Renton, Washington 98057–3356; 

telephone 425–227–1298; 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 published 

in the Federal Register for public 

comment in several prior instances with 

no substantive comments received. The 

FAA therefore finds it unnecessary to 

delay the effective date and finds that 

good cause exists for making these 

special conditions effective upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

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. 

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 February 13, 2014, Garmin 

applied for a supplemental type 

certificate to install the Garmin G5000 

satellite-based navigation system in 

Beechcraft Model 400A airplanes. These 

airplanes, which are currently approved 

under Type Certificate No. A16SW, are 

twin-engine corporate turbojet airplanes 

with a maximum takeoff weight of 

16,100 lbs., and seating for 7 to 9 

passengers and 2 crew members. 

Type Certification Basis 

Under the provisions of title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 21.101, 

Garmin must show that the Beechcraft 

Model 400A airplanes, as modified by 

Garmin, continue to meet the applicable 

provisions of the regulations listed in 

Type Certificate No. A16SW 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 Beechcraft Model 400A 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 applicant apply 

for a supplemental type certificate to 

modify any other model included on the 

same type certificate to incorporate the 


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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 Beechcraft Model 400A 

airplanes must comply with the fuelvent and exhaust-emission requirements 

of 14 CFR part 34, and the noisecertification 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 Beechcraft Model 400A airplanes, 

as modified by Garmin, will incorporate 

the following novel or unusual design 

feature: 

Installation of the Garmin G5000 

satellite-based navigation system into 

the airplanes. 

Discussion 

The Garmin G5000 satellite-based 

navigation-system design, installed in 

Beechcraft Model 400A airplanes, 

introduces the potential for 

unauthorized persons, accessing the 

passenger-services domain, to access the 

airplane-control domain and airplane 

information-services domain; and 

further may introduce security 

vulnerabilities related to the 

introduction of viruses, worms, user 

errors, and intentional sabotage of 

airplane networks, systems, and 

databases. 

The operating systems for current 

airplane systems usually are 

proprietary. Therefore, they are not as 

susceptible to corruption from worms, 

viruses, and other malicious actions as 

are more widely used commercial 

operating systems, such as Microsoft 

Windows, because access to the design 

details of these proprietary operating 

systems is limited to the system 

developer and airplane integrator. Some 

systems installed on the Beechcraft 

Model 400A airplanes will use 

operating systems that are widely used 

and commercially available from thirdparty software suppliers. The security 

vulnerabilities of these operating 

systems may be more widely known 

than proprietary operating systems 

currently used by avionics 

manufacturers. 

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 Beechcraft 

Model 400A airplanes modified by 

Garmin. Should Garmin apply at a later 

date for a supplemental type certificate 

to incorporate the same novel or 

unusual design feature for any other 

model included on the same type 

certificate, these special conditions 

would apply to that model as well. 

Conclusion 

This action affects only a certain 

novel or unusual design feature on one 

model of airplane. It is not a rule of 

general applicability and affects only 

the applicant who applied to the FAA 

for approval of this feature on the 

airplane. 

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 type 

certification basis for Beechcraft Model 

400A airplanes modified by Garmin. 

1. The applicant must ensure that the 

design provides isolation from, or 

airplane electronic-system security 

protection against, access by 

unauthorized sources internal to the 

airplane. The design must prevent 

inadvertent and malicious changes to, 

and all adverse impacts upon, airplane 

equipment, systems, networks, or other 

assets required for safe flight and 

operations. 

2. The applicant must establish 

appropriate procedures to allow the 

operator to ensure that continued 

airworthiness of the airplane is 

maintained, including all post-typecertification modifications that may 

have an impact on the approved 

electronic-system security safeguards. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on July 31, 

2017. 

Victor Wicklund, 

Manager, Transport Standards Branch, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17071 Filed 8–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. FAA–2017–0316; Special 

Conditions No. 25–699–SC] 

Special Conditions: Embraer S.A. 

Model ERJ 190–300 Airplane; Flight 

Envelope Protection: High Incidence 

Protection System 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final special conditions; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: These special conditions are 

issued for the Embraer S.A. (Embraer) 

Model ERJ 190–300 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 a high-incidence protection function 

that limits the angle of attack (AOA) at 

which the airplane can be flown during 

normal low-speed operation, and that 

cannot be overridden by 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 

Embraer S.A. on August 14, 2017. We 

must receive your comments by 

September 28, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2017–0316 

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/, 


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