[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 198 (Friday, October 11, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63250-63254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25929]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 25
[Docket No. NM231; Special Conditions No. 25-216-SC]
Special Conditions: Boeing Model 777-200 Series Airplanes;
Overhead Crew Rest Compartments
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final special conditions; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: These special conditions are issued for Boeing Model 777-200
series airplanes. These airplanes, modified by Flight Structures Inc.,
will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with an overhead
flightcrew rest compartment. 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: The effective date of these special conditions is October 3,
2002. Comments must be received on or before November 12, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this proposal may be mailed in duplicate to:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transport Airplane Directorate,
Attn: Rules Docket (ANM-113), Docket No. NM231, 1601 Lind Avenue SW.,
Renton, Washington, 98055-4056; or delivered in duplicate to the
Transport Airplane Directorate at the above address. Comments must be
marked: Docket No. NM231. Comments may be inspected in the Rules Docket
weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Sinclair, FAA, Airframe/Cabin
Safety Branch, ANM-115, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft
Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington, 98055-
4056; telephone (425) 227-2195; facsimile (425) 227-1149.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FAA's Determination as to Need for Public Process
The FAA has determined that notice and opportunity for prior public
comment are unnecessary in accordance with 14 CFR 11.38, because the
FAA has provided previous opportunities to comment on substantially
identical special conditions, and has fully considered and addressed
all the substantive comments received. Based on a review of the comment
history and the comment resolution, the FAA is satisfied that new
comments are unlikely. The FAA therefore finds that good cause exists
for making these special conditions effective upon issuance.
Comments Invited
Although this action is in the form of final special conditions,
and for the reasons stated above, is not preceded by notice and an
opportunity for public comment, comments are invited on this rule.
Interested persons are invited to participate in this rulemaking by
submitting 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 ask
that you send us two copies of written comments.
We will file in the docket all comments we receive, as well as a
report summarizing each substantive public contact with FAA personnel
concerning these special conditions. The docket is available for public
inspection before and after the comment closing date. If you wish to
review the docket in person, go to the address in the ADDRESSES section
of this preamble between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
We will consider all comments we receive on or before the closing
date for comments. We will consider comments filed late if it is
possible to do so without incurring expense or delay. We may change
these special conditions in light of the comments we receive.
If you want the FAA to acknowledge receipt of your comments on this
proposal, include with your comments a pre-addressed, stamped postcard
on which the docket number appears. We will stamp the date on the
postcard and mail it back to you.
Background
On September 17, 2001, Flight Structures Inc., 4407 172 Street NE.,
Arlington, Washington, 98223, applied for a supplemental type
certificate (STC) for installation of a Door 1 overhead flightcrew rest
(OFCR) compartment in Boeing Model 777-200 series airplanes. The
certification of the Alitalia Model 777-200 overhead crew rest is
currently scheduled for October 9, 2002. The Boeing Model 777-200
series airplanes are large twin engine airplanes with various passenger
capacities and ranges depending upon airplane configuration.
The OFCR compartment, adjacent to Door 1, is located in the
overhead above the main passenger cabin and will include a maximum of
two private berths, two seats, and a lavatory. Occupancy of the OFCR
compartment will be limited to a maximum of four occupants.
The OFCR will be accessed from the main deck by stairs. In
addition, an emergency hatch that opens directly into the main
passenger cabin area will be provided for the compartment. A smoke
detection system, an oxygen system, and occupant amenities will also be
provided. This compartment will only be occupied in flight, not during
taxi, takeoff, or landing.
Compliance with these proposed special conditions does not relieve
the applicant from the existing airplane certification basis
requirements. One particular area of concern is that the OFCR
installation creates a smaller compartment volume within the overhead
area of the airplane. The applicant must comply with the requirements
of Sec. Sec. 25.365(e), (f), and (g), for the overhead area
compartment, as well as any other airplane compartments whose
decompression characteristics are affected by the installation of a
crew rest compartment. Compliance with Sec. 25.831 must be
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demonstrated for all phases of flight where occupants will be present.
The FAA considers OFCR compartment smoke or fire detection and fire
suppression systems (including airflow management features that prevent
hazardous quantities of smoke or fire extinguishing agent from entering
any other compartment occupied by crewmembers or passengers) complex
with respect to paragraph 6d of Advisory Circular (AC) 25.1309-1A,
``System Design and Analysis.'' In addition, the FAA considers failure
of the crew rest compartment fire protection system (i.e., smoke or
fire detection and fire suppression systems) in conjunction with a crew
rest fire to be a catastrophic event. Based on the ``Depth of Analysis
Flowchart'' shown in Figure 2 of AC 25.1309-1A, the depth of analysis
should include both qualitative and quantitative assessments (reference
paragraphs 8d, 9, and 10 of AC 25.1309-1A). In addition, it should be
noted that flammable fluids, explosives, or other dangerous cargo are
prohibited from being carried in the crew rest area.
The requirements to enable crewmember(s) quick entry to the crew
rest compartment and to locate a fire source inherently places limits
on the amount of baggage that may be carried and the size of the crew
rest area. The FAA notes that the crew rest area is limited to stowage
of crew personal luggage and it is not intended to be used for the
stowage of cargo or passenger baggage. The design of such a system to
include cargo or passenger baggage would require additional
requirements to ensure safe operation.
The addition of galley equipment or a kitchenette incorporating a
cook top or other heat source, or a stowage compartment greater than or
equal to 25 ft\3\, into the crew rest compartment may require further
special conditions to be considered.
Amendment 25-38 modified the requirements of Sec. 25.1439(a) by
adding, ``In addition, protective breathing equipment must be installed
in each isolated separate compartment in the airplane, including upper
and lower lobe galleys, in which crewmember occupancy is permitted
during flight for the maximum number of crewmembers expected to be in
the area during any operation.'' The requirements of Sec. 25.1439(a)
apply to the OFCR compartment, which is an isolated separate
compartment. However, the PBE requirements for isolated separate
compartments of Sec. 25.1439(a) are not appropriate because the OFCR
compartment is novel and unusual in terms of the number of occupants.
In 1976 when amendment 25-38 was adopted, small galleys were the only
isolated compartments that had been certificated. A maximum of two
crewmembers were expected to occupy those galleys. Special Condition
No. 9 addresses crew rest compartments which can accommodate up to four
crewmembers. This large number of occupants in an isolated compartment
was not envisioned at the time amendment 25-38 was adopted. It is not
appropriate for all occupants to don PBE in the event of a fire because
the first action should be to leave the confined space unless the
occupant is fighting the fire. Taking the time to don the PBE would
prolong the time for the emergency evacuation of the occupants and
possibly interfere with efforts to extinguish the fire.
Operational Evaluations and Approval
These special conditions outline requirements for OFCR compartment
design approvals (i.e. type design changes and supplemental type
certificates) administered by the FAA's Aircraft Certification Service.
Prior to operational use of an OFCR compartment, the FAA's Flight
Standards Service must evaluate and approve the ``basic suitability''
of the OFCR compartment for crew occupation. Additionally, if an
operator wishes to utilize a flightcrew rest area as ``sleeping
quarters,'' the crew rest area must undergo an additional evaluation
and approval (Reference Sec. Sec. 121.485(a), 121.523(b) and
135.269(b)(5)). Compliance with these special conditions does not
ensure that the requirements of part 121 or part 135 have been
demonstrated.
In order to obtain an operational evaluation, the type design
holder must contact the Aircraft Evaluation Group (AEG) in the Flight
Standards Service and request a ``basic suitability'' evaluation or a
``sleeping quarters'' evaluation of their crew rest. The results of
these evaluations must be documented in a 777 Flight Standardization
Board (FSB) Report Appendix. Individual operators may then reference
these standardized evaluations in discussions with their FAA Principal
Operating Inspector (POI) as the basis for an operational approval, in
lieu of an on-site operational evaluation.
Any changes to the approved OFCR compartment configuration that
effect crewmember emergency egress or any other procedures affecting
the safety of the occupying crewmembers and/or related training shall
require a re-evaluation and approval. The applicant for a crew rest
design change that affects egress, safety procedures, or training is
responsible for notifying the FAA's AEG that a new crew rest evaluation
is required.
Procedures must be developed to assure that a crewmember entering
the OFCR through the vestibule to fight a fire will examine the
vestibule and the lavatory areas for the source of the fire prior to
entering the remaining areas of the crew rest compartment. These
procedures are intended to assure that the source of the fire is not
between the crewmember and the primary exit.
Type Certification Basis
Under the provisions of Sec. 21.101, Amendment 21-69, effective
September 16, 1991, Flight Structures Inc., must show that the Boeing
Model 777-200, as changed, continues to meet the applicable provisions
of the regulations incorporated by reference in Type Certificate Data
Sheet No. T00001SE or the applicable regulations in effect on the date
of application for the change. Subsequent changes have been made to
Sec. 21.101 as part of Amendment 21-77, but those changes do not
become effective until June 10, 2003. The regulations incorporated by
reference in the type certificate are commonly referred to as the
``original type certification basis.'' The regulations incorporated by
reference in Type Certificate No. T00001SE for the Boeing Model 777-200
series airplanes include 14 CFR part 25, as amended by Amendments 25-1
through 25-82. The U.S. type certification bases for the Boeing Model
777-200 series airplanes is established in accordance with 14 CFR 21.17
and 21.29 and the type certification application date. The type
certification basis is listed in Type Certificate Data Sheet No.
T00001SE.
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 Boeing Model 777-200 series
airplanes because of a novel or unusual design feature, special
conditions are prescribed under the provisions of Sec. 21.16.
In addition to the applicable airworthiness regulations and special
conditions, Boeing Model 777-200 series airplanes 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.
Special conditions, as defined in Sec. 11.19, are issued in
accordance with Sec. 11.38 and become part of the type certification
basis in accordance with Sec. 21.101(b)(2), Amendment 21-69, effective
September 16, 1991.
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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 same novel or unusual design feature,
the special conditions would also apply to the other model under the
provisions of Sec. 21.101(a)(1), Amendment 21-69, effective September
16, 1991.
Novel or Unusual Design Features
While the installation of a crew rest compartment is not a new
concept for large transport category airplanes, each compartment design
has unique features by virtue of its design, location, and use on the
airplane. Previously, crew rest compartments have been evaluated that
are installed within the main passenger compartment area of the Boeing
Model 777-200 and Model 777-300 series airplanes and the overhead area
of the passenger compartment of the 777-200. Other crew rest
compartments have been installed below the passenger cabin area,
adjacent to the cargo compartment. Similar overhead crew rest
compartments have also been installed on the Boeing Model 747 airplane.
The interfaces of the modification are evaluated within the interior
and assessed in accordance with the certification basis of the
airplane. However, part 25 does not provide all the requirements for
crew rest compartments within the overhead area of the passenger
compartment. Further, these special conditions do not negate the need
to address other applicable part 25 regulations.
Due to the novel or unusual features associated with the
installation of this crew rest compartment, special conditions are
considered necessary to provide a level of safety equal to that
established by the airworthiness regulations incorporated by reference
in the type certificate.
Prior Comment
During a previous publication of the substantially identical
special conditions a comment was received after the comment period had
closed. The commenter thought requiring placards prohibiting storage of
``hazardous quantities of flammable fluids'' was unnecessary and a
duplication of International Air Transport Association (IATA) Dangerous
Goods Regulations, specially, ``Provisions for Dangerous Goods Carried
by Passengers or Crew.'' The FAA concurs with the commenter that the
placard requirement is similar to the IATA requirement, however based
on several factors the FAA finds that the duplication is warranted and
consistent with maintaining an equivalent level of safety. While
flammable fluid placards are not required in the passenger cabin, it is
also an occupied area with a high degree of monitoring by passengers
and crew. By contrast the crew rest may go unoccupied for long periods
of time. The fire protection methods employed for this type of remote
area are predicated on minimization of flammable materials.
Applicability
As discussed above, these special conditions are applicable to the
Model 777-200 series airplanes. Should Flight Structures Inc., apply at
a later date for a supplemental type certificate to modify any other
model included on Type Certificate Data Sheet No. T00001SE to
incorporate the same novel or unusual design feature, these special
conditions would apply to that model as well under the provisions of
Sec. 21.101(a)(1) Amendment 21-69, effective September 16, 1991.
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 Boeing Model 777-200 series airplanes,
modified by Flight Structures Inc., with an overhead flightcrew rest
(OFCR) compartment.
1. Occupancy of the OFCR compartment is limited to the total number
of installed bunks and seats in each compartment. There must be an
approved seat or berth able to withstand the maximum flight loads when
occupied for each occupant permitted in the OFCR compartment. The
maximum occupancy is four in the OFCR compartment.
(a) There must be appropriate placards, inside and outside each
entrance to the OFCR compartment to indicate:
(1) The maximum number of occupants allowed,
(2) That occupancy is restricted to crewmembers that are trained in
the evacuation procedures for the OFCR compartment,
(3) That occupancy is prohibited during taxi, take-off and landing,
(4) That smoking is prohibited in the OFCR compartment, and
(5) That hazardous quantities of flammable fluids, explosives, or
other dangerous cargo are prohibited from the OFCR compartment.
(b) There must be at least one ashtray on the inside and outside of
any entrance to the OFCR compartment.
(c) There must be a means to prevent passengers from entering the
OFCR compartment in the event of an emergency or when no flight
attendant is present.
(d) There must be a means for any door installed between the OFCR
compartment and passenger cabin to be capable of being quickly opened
from inside the compartment, even when crowding occurs at each side of
the door.
(e) For all doors installed, there must be a means to preclude
anyone from being trapped inside the OFCR compartment. If a locking
mechanism is installed, it must be capable of being unlocked from the
outside without the aid of special tools. The lock must not prevent
opening from the inside of the compartment at any time.
2. There must be at least two emergency evacuation routes, which
could be used by each occupant of the OFCR compartment to rapidly
evacuate to the main cabin and be able to be closed from the main
passenger cabin after evacuation. In addition--
(a) The routes must be located with sufficient separation within
the OFCR compartment, and between the evacuation routes, to minimize
the possibility of an event rendering both routes inoperative.
(b) The routes must be designed to minimize the possibility of
blockage, which might result from fire, mechanical or structural
failure, or persons standing below or against the escape route. One of
the two evacuation routes should not be located where, during times in
which occupancy is allowed, normal movement by passengers occurs (i.e.
main aisle, cross aisle or galley complex) that would impede egress of
the OFCR compartment. If an evacuation route utilizes an area where
normal movement of passengers occurs, it must be demonstrated that
passengers would not impede egress to the main deck. If there is low
headroom at or near the evacuation route, provisions must be made to
prevent or to protect occupants (of the OFCR area) from head injury.
The use of evacuation routes must not be dependent on any powered
device. If the evacuation path is over an area where there are
passenger seats, a maximum of one row of passengers may be displaced
from their seats temporarily during the evacuation
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process of an incapacitated person(s). If the evacuation procedure
involves the evacuee stepping on seats, the seats must not be damaged
to the extent that they would not be acceptable for occupancy during an
emergency landing.
(c) Emergency evacuation procedures and the emergency evacuation of
incapacitated occupant procedures must be established and transmitted
to the operator for incorporation into their training programs and
appropriate operational manuals. If the evacuation path is over an area
where there are passenger seats, a maximum of one row of passengers may
be displaced from their seats temporarily during the evacuation
process.
(d) There must be a limitation in the Airplane Flight Manual or
other suitable means requiring that crewmembers be trained in the use
of evacuation routes.
3. There must be a means for the evacuation of an incapacitated
person (representative of a ninety-fifth percentile male) from the OFCR
compartment to the passenger cabin floor.
(a) The evacuation must be demonstrated for all evacuation routes.
A flight crewmember or other crewmember (a total of one assistant
within the OFCR area) may provide assistance in the evacuation.
Additional assistance may be provided by up to three persons in the
main passenger compartment. These additional assistants must be
standing on the floor while providing assistance. For evacuation routes
having stairways, the additional assistants may ascend up to one half
the elevation change from the main deck to the OFCR compartment, or to
the first landing, whichever is lower.
(b) Procedures for the evacuation of an incapacitated person from
the OFCR compartment must be established.
4. The following signs and placards must be provided in the OFCR
compartment:
(a) At least one exit sign, located near each exit, meeting the
requirements of Sec. 25.812(b)(1)(i), except that a sign of reduced
background area with no less than 5.3 square inches (excluding the
letters) may be utilized, provided that it is installed such that the
material surrounding the exit sign is light in color (e.g. white,
cream, light beige). If the material surrounding the exit sign is not
light in color, a sign with a minimum of a one-inch wide background
border around the letters would also be acceptable.
(b) An appropriate placard located near each exit defining the
location and the operating instructions for each evacuation route.
(c) Placards must be readable from a distance of 30 inches under
emergency lighting conditions.
(d) The exit handles and evacuation path operating instruction
placards must be illuminated to at least 160 microlamberts under
emergency lighting conditions.
5. There must be a means in the event of failure of the aircraft's
main power system, or of the normal OFCR compartment lighting system,
for emergency illumination to be automatically provided for the crew
rest compartment.
(a) This emergency illumination must be independent of the main
lighting system.
(b) The sources of general cabin illumination may be common to both
the emergency and the main lighting systems if the power supply to the
emergency lighting system is independent of the power supply to the
main lighting system.
(c) The illumination level must be sufficient for the occupants of
the OFCR compartment to locate and transfer to the main passenger cabin
floor by means of each evacuation route.
6. There must be means for two-way voice communications between
crewmembers on the flightdeck and occupants of the OFCR compartment.
There must also be two-way communications between the occupants of the
OFCR compartment and each flight attendant station required to have a
public address system microphone per Sec. 25.1423(g) in the passenger
cabin.
7. There must be a means for manual activation of an aural
emergency alarm system, audible during normal and emergency conditions,
to enable crewmembers on the flightdeck and at each pair of required
floor level emergency exits to alert occupants of the OFCR compartment
of an emergency situation. Use of a public address or crew interphone
system would be acceptable, providing an adequate means of
differentiating between normal and emergency communications is
incorporated. The system must be powered in flight, after the shutdown
or failure of all engines and auxiliary power units (APU), or the
disconnection or failure of all power sources dependent on their
continued operation (i.e. engine and APU), for a period of at least ten
minutes.
8. There must be a means, readily detectable by seated or standing
occupants of the OFCR compartment, which indicates when seat belts
should be fastened. In the event there are no seats, at least one means
must be provided to cover anticipated turbulence (e.g. sufficient
handholds). Seat belt type restraints must be provided for berths and
must be compatible for the sleeping attitude during cruise conditions.
There must be a placard on each berth requiring that seat belts must be
fastened when occupied. If compliance with any of the other
requirements of these special conditions is predicated on specific head
location, there must be a placard identifying the head position.
9. In lieu of the requirements specified in Sec. 25.1439(a) that
pertain to isolated compartments and to provide a level of safety
equivalent to that which is provided occupants of a small isolated
galley, the following equipment must be provided in the OFCR
compartment:
(a) At least one approved hand-held fire extinguisher appropriate
for the kinds of fires likely to occur;
(b) Two protective breathing equipment (PBE) devices, approved to
Technical Standard Order (TSO)-C116 or equivalent, suitable for fire
fighting or one PBE for each hand-held fire extinguisher, whichever is
greater; and
(c) One flashlight.
10. A smoke or fire detection system (or systems) must be provided
that monitors each area within the OFCR compartment including those
areas partitioned by curtains. Flight tests must be conducted to show
compliance with this requirement. Each system (or systems) must
provide:
(a) A visual indication to the flightdeck within one minute after
the start of a fire;
(b) An aural warning in the OFCR compartment; and
(c) A warning in the main passenger cabin. This warning must be
readily detectable by a flight attendant, taking into consideration the
positioning of flight attendants throughout the main passenger
compartment during various phases of flight.
11. The OFCR compartment must be designed such that fires within
the compartment can be controlled without a crewmember having to enter
the compartment, or the design of the access provisions must allow
crewmembers equipped for fire fighting to have unrestricted access to
the compartment. The time for a crewmember on the main deck to react to
the fire alarm, to don the fire fighting equipment, and to gain access
must not exceed the time for the compartment to become smoke-filled,
making it difficult to locate the fire source.
12. There must be a means provided to exclude hazardous quantities
of smoke or extinguishing agent originating in the OFCR compartment
from entering any other compartment
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occupied by crewmembers or passengers. This means must include the time
periods during the evacuation of the crew rest compartment and, if
applicable, when accessing the crew rest compartment to manually fight
a fire. Smoke entering any other compartment occupied by crewmembers or
passengers after opening the OFCR access door must dissipate within
five minutes after closing the access to the OFCR compartment. Flight
tests must be conducted to show compliance with this requirement.
If a built-in fire extinguishing system is used in lieu of manual
fire fighting, then the fire extinguishing system must be designed so
that no hazardous quantities of extinguishing agent will enter other
compartments occupied by passengers or crew; the system must have
adequate capacity to suppress any fire occurring in the OFCR
compartment, considering the fire threat, volume of the compartment and
the ventilation rate.
13. There must be a supplemental oxygen system equivalent to that
provided for main deck passengers for each seat and berth in the OFCR
compartment. The system must provide an aural and visual warning to
warn the occupants of the crew rest compartment to don oxygen masks in
the event of decompression. The warning must activate before the cabin
pressure altitude exceeds 15,000 feet. The aural warning must sound
continuously until a reset push button in the OFCR compartment is
depressed.
14. The following requirements apply to OFCR compartments that are
divided into several sections by the installation of curtains or
partitions:
(a) To compensate for sleeping occupants, there must be an aural
alert that can be heard in each section of the OFCR compartment that
accompanies automatic presentation of supplemental oxygen masks. A
minimum of two supplemental oxygen masks are required in each section
whether or not seats or berths are installed in each section. There
must also be a means by which the oxygen masks can be manually deployed
from the flightdeck.
(b) A placard is required adjacent to each curtain that visually
divides or separates, for privacy purposes, the OFCR compartment into
small sections. The placard must require that the curtain(s) remain
open when the private section it creates is unoccupied. The vestibule
section adjacent to the stairway is not considered a private area and,
therefore, does not require a placard.
(c) For each OFCR section created by the installation of a curtain,
the following requirements of these special conditions must be met with
the curtain open or closed:
(1) No smoking placard (Special Condition No. 1),
(2) Emergency illumination (Special Condition No. 5),
(3) Emergency alarm system (Special Condition No. 7),
(4) Seat belt fasten signal or return to seat signal as applicable
(Special Condition No. 8), and
(5) The smoke or fire detection system (Special Condition No. 10).
(d) Overhead crew rest compartments visually divided to the extent
that evacuation could be affected must have exit signs that direct
occupants to the primary stairway exit. The exit signs must be provided
in each separate section of the OFCR compartment, and must meet the
requirements of Sec. 25.812(b)(1)(i).
(e) Sections within an OFCR compartment that are created by the
installation of a rigid partition with a door physically separating the
sections, the following requirements of these special conditions must
be met with the door open or closed:
(1) There must be a secondary evacuation route from each section to
the main deck, or alternatively, it must be shown that any door between
the sections has been designed to preclude anyone from being trapped
inside the compartment. Removal of an incapacitated occupant within
this area must be considered.
(2) Any door between the sections must be shown to be openable when
crowded against, even when crowding occurs at each side of the door.
(3) There may be no more than one door between any seat or berth
and the primary stairway exit.
(4) There must be exit signs in each section meeting the
requirements of Sec. 25.812(b)(1)(i) that direct occupants to the
primary stairway exit. An exit sign with reduced background area as
described in Special Condition No. 4(a) may be used to meet this
requirement.
(f) For each smaller section within the main OFCR compartment
created by the installation of a partition with a door, the following
requirements of these special conditions must be met with the door open
or closed:
(1) No smoking placards (Special Condition No. 1),
(2) Emergency illumination (Special Condition No. 5),
(3) Two-way voice communication (Special Condition No. 6),
(4) Emergency alarm system (Special Condition No. 7),
(5) Seat belt fasten signal or return to seat signal as applicable
(Special Condition No. 8),
(6) Emergency fire fighting and protective equipment (Special
Condition No. 9), and
(7) Smoke or fire detection system (Special Condition No. 10).
15. The requirements of two-way voice communication with the
flightdeck and provisions for emergency firefighting and protective
equipment are not applicable to lavatories or other small areas that
are not intended to be occupied for extended periods of time.
16. Where a waste disposal receptacle is fitted, it must be
equipped with an automatic fire extinguisher that meets the performance
requirements of Sec. 25.854(b).
17. Materials (including finishes or decorative surfaces applied to
the materials) must comply with the flammability requirements of Sec.
25.853(a) as amended by Amendment 25-83. Mattresses must comply with
the flammability requirements of Sec. 25.853(c), as amended by
Amendment 25-83.
Issued in Renton, Washington, on October 3, 2002.
Ali Bahrami,
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service.
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