80 FR 18305 - Special Conditions: Cessna Aircraft Company Model 680A Airplane, Pilot-Compartment View Through Hydrophobic Windshield Coatings in Lieu of Windshield Wipers
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 65 (April 6, 2015)
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 65 (April 6, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-07713 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 65 (Monday, April 6, 2015)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 18305-18307] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-07713] ======================================================================== Rules and Regulations Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510. The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. Prices of new books are listed in the first FEDERAL REGISTER issue of each week. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 65 / Monday, April 6, 2015 / Rules and Regulations [[Page 18305]] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 25 [Docket No. FAA-2015-0177; Special Conditions No. 25-579-SC] Special Conditions: Cessna Aircraft Company Model 680A Airplane, Pilot-Compartment View Through Hydrophobic Windshield Coatings in Lieu of Windshield Wipers AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final special conditions, request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: These special conditions are issued for the Cessna Model 680A airplane. This airplane 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 hydrophobic windshield coatings in lieu of windshield wipers. 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: Effective date: This action is effective on Cessna Aircraft Company on April 6, 2015. We must receive your comments by May 21, 2015. ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2015-0177 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/ 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: Bob Hettman, ANM-112, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98057-3356; telephone (425) 227-2683; facsimile (425) 227-1149. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On January 25, 2012, Cessna Aircraft Company applied for an amended type certificate for a new Model 680A airplane. The Model 680A, a derivative of the Cessna Model 680 airplane currently approved under type-certificate number T00012WI, is intended to be a nine-passenger executive airplane with a maximum takeoff weight of 30,300 pounds and a maximum operating altitude of 45,000 feet. The Model 680A airplane uses a hydrophobic windshield coating, in lieu of windshield wipers, for an unobstructed outside view from the pilot compartment. Type Certification Basis Under the provisions of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 21.101, Cessna Aircraft Company must show that the Model 680A airplane meets the applicable provisions of the regulations listed in type-certificate no. T00012WI, 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 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 680A airplane because of a novel or unusual design feature, special conditions are prescribed under the provisions of Sec. 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 or similar novel or unusual design feature, these special conditions would also apply to the other model under Sec. 21.101. In addition to the applicable airworthiness regulations and special conditions, the Model 680A airplane must comply with the fuel-vent and exhaust-emission requirements of part 34, and the noise-certification requirements of part 36. The FAA issues special conditions, as defined in 14 CFR 11.19, in accordance with Sec. 11.38, and they become part of the type- certification basis under Sec. 21.101. Novel or Unusual Design Features The Cessna Model 680A airplane will incorporate the following novel or unusual design features: [[Page 18306]] The airplane flight-deck design incorporates a hydrophobic windshield coating that, during precipitation, provides an adequate outside view from the pilot compartment. Sole reliance on such a coating, without windshield wipers, constitutes a novel or unusual design feature for which the applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards. Therefore, special conditions are required to provide a level of safety equivalent to that established by the regulations. Discussion Section 25.773(b)(1) requires a means to maintain a clear portion of the windshield for both pilots of a transport-category airplane to have a sufficiently extensive view along the flight path during precipitation conditions. The regulations require this means to maintain such an area clear vision during heavy-rain precipitation at airplane speeds up to 1.5 V SR1 . This requirement has existed in principle since 1953 in part 4b of the ``Civil Air Regulations'' (CAR). Section 4b.351(b)(1) of CAR 4b required that ``Means shall be provided for maintaining a sufficient portion of the windshield clear so that both pilots are afforded a sufficiently extensive view along the flight path in all normal flight attitudes of the airplane. Such means shall be designed to function under the following conditions without continuous attention on the part of the crew: (i) In heavy rain at speeds up to 1.6 VS1, flaps retracted.'' Effective December 26, 2002, Amendment 25-108 changed the speed for effectiveness of the means to maintain an area of clear vision from up to 1.6 VS1 to 1.5 VSR1 to accommodate the redefinition of the reference stall speed from the minimum speed in the stall, VS1 , to greater than or equal to the 1g stall speed, VSR1 . As noted in the preamble to the final rule for that amendment, the reduced factor of 1.5 on VSR1 is to maintain approximately the same speed as the 1.6 factor on VS1 . The requirement that the means to maintain a clear area of forward vision must function at high speeds and high precipitation rates is based on the use of windshield wipers as the means to maintain an adequate area of clear vision in precipitation conditions. The requirement in 14 CFR 121.313(b) and 125.213(b) to provide ``a windshield wiper or equivalent for each pilot station'' has remained unchanged since at least 1953. The effectiveness of windshield wipers to maintain an area of clear vision normally degrades as airspeed and precipitation rates increase. It is assumed that because high speeds and high precipitation rates represent limiting conditions for windshield wipers, they will also be effective at lower speeds and precipitation levels. Accordingly, Sec. 25.773(b)(1)(i) does not require maintenance of a clear area of forward vision at lower speeds or lower precipitation rates. A forced airflow blown directly over the windshield has also been used to maintain an area of clear vision in precipitation. The limiting conditions for this technology are comparable to those for windshield wipers. Accordingly, introduction of this technology did not present a need for special conditions to maintain the level of safety embodied in the existing regulations. Hydrophobic windshield coatings may depend to some degree on airflow to maintain a clear-vision area. The heavy rain and high speed conditions specified in the current rule do not necessarily represent the limiting condition for this new technology. For example, airflow over the windshield, which may be necessary to remove moisture from the windshield, may not be adequate to maintain a sufficiently clear-vision area of the windshield in low-speed flight or during surface operations. Alternatively, airflow over the windshield may be disturbed during such critical times as the approach to land, where the airplane is at a higher-than-normal pitch attitude. In these cases, areas of airflow disturbance or separation on the windshield could cause failure to maintain a clear-vision area on the windshield. In addition to potentially depending on airflow to function effectively, hydrophobic coatings may also be dependent on water- droplet size for effective precipitation removal. For example, precipitation in the form of a light mist may not be sufficient for the coating's properties to result in maintaining a clear area of vision. The current regulations identify speed and precipitation rate requirements that represent limiting conditions for windshield wipers and blowers, but not for hydrophobic coatings. Likewise, it is necessary to issue special conditions to maintain the level of safety represented by the current regulations. These special conditions provide an appropriate safety standard for the hydrophobic coating technology as the means to maintain a clear area of vision by requiring the coating to be effective at low speeds and low precipitation rates, as well as at the higher speeds and precipitation rates identified in the current regulation. These are the only new or changed requirements relative to those in Sec. 25.773(b)(1) at Amendment 25-108. 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 Cessna Model 680A airplane. Should Cessna 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 the Cessna Model 680A airplane. It is not a rule of general applicability. The substance of these special conditions has been subjected to the 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 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 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. 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 Cessna Model 680A airplanes. The airplane must have a means to maintain a clear portion of the windshield, during precipitation conditions, enough for both pilots to have a sufficiently extensive view along [[Page 18307]] the ground or flight path in normal taxi and flight attitudes of the airplane. This means must be designed to function, without continuous attention on the part of the flightcrew, in conditions from light misting precipitation to heavy rain, at speeds from fully stopped in still air, to 1.5 VSR1 with lift and drag devices retracted. Issued in Renton, Washington, on March 27, 2015. Michael Kazycki, Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 2015-07713 Filed 4-3-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-P
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comments to Docket Operations in
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the Superintendent of Documents. Prices of Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 21.101,
new books are listed in the first FEDERAL Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 Cessna Aircraft Company must show
REGISTER issue of each week. a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through that the Model 680A airplane meets the
Friday, except Federal holidays. applicable provisions of the regulations
• Fax: Fax comments to Docket listed in type-certificate no. T00012WI,
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Operations at 202–493–2251. or the applicable regulations in effect on
Privacy: The FAA will post all the date of application for the change
Federal Aviation Administration comments it receives, without change, except for earlier amendments as agreed
to http://www.regulations.gov/, upon by the FAA. The regulations listed
14 CFR Part 25 including any personal information the in the type certificate are commonly
[Docket No. FAA–2015–0177; Special commenter provides. Using the search referred to as the ‘‘original type-
Conditions No. 25–579–SC] function of the docket Web site, anyone certification basis.’’
can find and read the electronic form of The certification basis includes
Special Conditions: Cessna Aircraft all comments received into any FAA certain special conditions, exemptions,
Company Model 680A Airplane, Pilot- docket, including the name of the or later amended sections of the
Compartment View Through individual sending the comment (or applicable part that are not relevant to
Hydrophobic Windshield Coatings in signing the comment for an association, these special conditions.
Lieu of Windshield Wipers business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s If the Administrator finds that the
AGENCY: Federal Aviation complete Privacy Act Statement can be applicable airworthiness regulations
Administration (FAA), DOT. found in the Federal Register published (i.e., 14 CFR part 25) do not contain
ACTION: Final special conditions, request
on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–19478), adequate or appropriate safety standards
for comment. as well as at http://DocketsInfo.dot. for the Model 680A airplane because of
gov/. a novel or unusual design feature,
SUMMARY: These special conditions are Docket: Background documents or special conditions are prescribed under
issued for the Cessna Model 680A comments received may be read at the provisions of § 21.16.
airplane. This airplane will have a novel http://www.regulations.gov/ at any time. Special conditions are initially
or unusual design feature when Follow the online instructions for applicable to the model for which they
compared to the state of technology accessing the docket or go to Docket are issued. Should the type certificate
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airplanes. This design feature is New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, incorporates the same novel or unusual
hydrophobic windshield coatings in DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday design feature, or should any other
lieu of windshield wipers. The through Friday, except Federal holidays. model already included on the same
applicable airworthiness regulations do FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob type certificate be modified to
not contain adequate or appropriate Hettman, ANM–112, Transport Airplane incorporate the same or similar novel or
safety standards for this design feature. Directorate, Aircraft Certification unusual design feature, these special
These special conditions contain the Service, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., conditions would also apply to the other
additional safety standards that the Renton, Washington 98057–3356; model under § 21.101.
Administrator considers necessary to telephone (425) 227–2683; facsimile In addition to the applicable
establish a level of safety equivalent to (425) 227–1149. airworthiness regulations and special
that established by the existing SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: conditions, the Model 680A airplane
airworthiness standards. must comply with the fuel-vent and
DATES: Effective date: This action is
Background exhaust-emission requirements of part
effective on Cessna Aircraft Company On January 25, 2012, Cessna Aircraft 34, and the noise-certification
on April 6, 2015. We must receive your Company applied for an amended type requirements of part 36.
comments by May 21, 2015. certificate for a new Model 680A The FAA issues special conditions, as
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified airplane. defined in 14 CFR 11.19, in accordance
by docket number FAA–2015–0177 The Model 680A, a derivative of the with § 11.38, and they become part of
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using any of the following methods: Cessna Model 680 airplane currently the type-certification basis under
• Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to approved under type-certificate number § 21.101.
http://www.regulations.gov/ and follow T00012WI, is intended to be a nine-
passenger executive airplane with a Novel or Unusual Design Features
the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically. maximum takeoff weight of 30,300 The Cessna Model 680A airplane will
• Mail: Send comments to Docket pounds and a maximum operating incorporate the following novel or
Operations, M–30, U.S. Department of altitude of 45,000 feet. The Model 680A unusual design features:
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the ground or flight path in normal taxi products and issues that will be brought DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
and flight attitudes of the airplane. This to the committee. The change became HUMAN SERVICES
means must be designed to function, effective March 4, 2015.
without continuous attention on the Food and Drug Administration
Therefore, the Agency is amending 21
part of the flightcrew, in conditions CFR 14.100(c) as set forth in the
from light misting precipitation to heavy 21 CFR Part 876
regulatory text of this document.
rain, at speeds from fully stopped in [Docket No. FDA–2015–N–0804]
still air, to 1.5 VSR1 with lift and drag Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) and (d)
devices retracted. and 21 CFR 10.40(d) and (e), the Agency Medical Devices; Gastroenterology-
Issued in Renton, Washington, on March
finds good cause to dispense with notice Urology Devices; Classification of the
27, 2015. and public comment procedures and to Urethral Insert With Pump for Bladder
Michael Kazycki, proceed to an immediate effective date Drainage
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane on this rule. Notice and public comment
and a delayed effective date are AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,
Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
unnecessary and are not in the public HHS.
[FR Doc. 2015–07713 Filed 4–3–15; 8:45 am]
interest as this final rule merely ACTION: Final order.
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removes the name of the Anti-Infective
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Drugs Advisory Committee from the list
Administration (FDA) is classifying the
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND of standing advisory committees in 21
urethral insert with pump for bladder
HUMAN SERVICES CFR 14.100 and replaces it with the drainage into class II (special controls).
Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory The special controls that will apply to
Food and Drug Administration Committee. the device are identified in this order
List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 14 and will be part of the codified language
21 CFR Part 14 for the urethral insert with pump for
[Docket No. FDA–2009–N–0443] Administrative practice and bladder drainage’s classification. The
procedure, Advisory committees, Color Agency is classifying the device into
Advisory Committee; Anti-Infective additives, Drugs, Radiation protection. class II (special controls) in order to
Drugs Advisory Committee provide a reasonable assurance of safety
Therefore, under the Federal Food, and effectiveness of the device.
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under
HHS. DATES: This order is effective April 6,
authority delegated to the Commissioner
2015. The classification was applicable
ACTION: Final rule. of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part 14 is
on October 14, 2014.
amended as follows:
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Administration (FDA) is amending the PART 14—PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE Baxley, Center for Devices and
standing advisory committees’ A PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE Radiological Health, Food and Drug
regulations to change the name of the Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory ■ 1. The authority citation for 21 CFR Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. G210, Silver Spring,
Committee. This action is being taken to part 14 continues to read as follows: MD 20993–0002, 301–796–6549.
change the name of this committee on SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
the Agency’s list of standing advisory Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 2; 15 U.S.C.
committees. 1451–1461; 21 U.S.C. 41–50, 141–149, 321– I. Background
394, 467f, 679, 821, 1034; 28 U.S.C. 2112; 42 In accordance with section 513(f)(1) of
DATES: This rule is effective April 6, U.S.C. 201, 262, 263b, 264; Pub. L. 107–109;
2015. The name change became the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Pub. L. 108–155; Pub. L. 113–54.
applicable March 4, 2015. Act (the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C.
360c(f)(1)), devices that were not in
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ■ 2. Amend § 14.100 by revising
commercial distribution before May 28,
Michael Ortwerth, Advisory Committee paragraph (c)(2) introductory text to 1976 (the date of enactment of the
Oversight and Management Staff, Food read as follows: Medical Device Amendments of 1976),
and Drug Administration, 10903 New generally referred to as postamendments
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 32, Rm. 5129, § 14.100 List of standing advisory
committees. devices, are classified automatically by
Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, FAX: statute into class III without any FDA
301–847–8640, or Michael.Ortwerth@ * * * * *
rulemaking process. These devices
fda.hhs.gov. (c) * * * remain in class III and require
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Anti- (2) Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory premarket approval, unless and until
Infective Drugs Advisory Committee Committee. the device is classified or reclassified
(the Committee) was established on into class I or II, or FDA issues an order
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October 7, 1980 (45 FR 79025). The finding the device to be substantially
Committee reviews and evaluates Dated: March 27, 2015. equivalent, in accordance with section
available data concerning the safety and Leslie Kux, 513(i) of the FD&C Act, to a predicate
effectiveness of marketed and Associate Commissioner for Policy. device that does not require premarket
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investigational human drug products for [FR Doc. 2015–07789 Filed 4–3–15; 8:45 am] approval. The Agency determines
use in the treatment of infectious whether new devices are substantially
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diseases and disorders. equivalent to predicate devices by
The Committee name has been means of premarket notification
changed to the following: Antimicrobial procedures in section 510(k) of the
Drugs Advisory Committee. The Agency FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 360(k)) and part
changed the name to better reflect the 807 (21 CFR part 807) of the regulations.
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