Infrastructure

#2026-05207Özel Şartlar: Airbus Helikopter Modeli EC175B Helikopterleri; Arama ve Kurtarma (SAR) Modları

🇺🇸United States··Final Rule·Medium Impact·Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The law sets special safety standards for the Airbus EC175B helicopter, which has a new search and rescue flight control system. These standards are necessary because current regulations do not adequately address this unique feature. This affects manufacturers and operators of the EC175B helicopter.

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Action

Final special conditions; request for comments.

Key Changes

  • Introduction of additional safety standards for the EC175B helicopter's SAR flight control system.
  • Establishment of a safety level equivalent to existing airworthiness standards.
  • Addressing gaps in current regulations regarding novel helicopter designs.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Manufacturers of Airbus EC175B helicopters must ensure the optional search and rescue (SAR) automatic flight control system (AFCS) meets the special safety standards established in these special conditions

Airbus Helicopters manufacturers
operational
high

Airbus EC175B helicopter designs must demonstrate compliance with additional safety standards for the novel SAR AFCS design feature that are not covered by existing airworthiness regulations

Airbus Helicopters manufacturers
licensing
high

Operators of EC175B helicopters equipped with the SAR AFCS must comply with any operational limitations or procedures specified for the search and rescue automatic flight control system

EC175B helicopter operators
operational
high

Manufacturers must establish that the SAR AFCS installation achieves a level of safety equivalent to that established by existing airworthiness standards for transport category helicopters

Airbus Helicopters manufacturers
disclosure

Affected Parties

Airbus HelicoptersHelicopter manufacturers+1 more…

Tags

aviation,safety,helicopters