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SPECIAL FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATION NO. 88FUEL TANK SYSTEM FAULT TOLERANCE

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1. Applicability. This SFAR applies to the holders of type certificates, and supple- mental type
certificates that may affect the airplane fuel tank system, for turbine-pow- ered transport
category airplanes, provided the type certificate was issued after January 1, 1958, and the
airplane has either a max- imum type certificated passenger capacity of 30 or more, or a

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maximum type certificated payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or more. This SFAR also applies to
applicants for type certificates, amendments to a type cer- tificate, and supplemental type
certificates affecting the fuel tank systems for those air- planes identified above, if the
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2. Compliance: Each type certificate holder, and each supplemental type certificate hold- er of a

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modification affecting the airplane fuel tank system, must accomplish the fol- lowing within the

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compliance times specified in paragraph (e) of this section:

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(a) Conduct a safety review of the airplane fuel tank system to determine that the de- sign meets
the requirements of 25.901 and 25.981(a) and (b) of this chapter. If the cur- rent design does
not meet these require- ments, develop all design changes to the fuel tank system that are
necessary to meet these requirements. The FAA (Aircraft Cer- tification Office (ACO), or office of
the Transport Airplane Directorate, having cog- nizance over the type certificate for the af- fected
airplane) may grant an extension of the 18-month compliance time for develop- ment of design
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(1) The safety review is completed within the compliance time;

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(2) Necessary design changes are identified within the compliance time; and

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(3) Additional time can be justified, based on the holders demonstrated aggressiveness in
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(b) Develop all maintenance and inspection instructions necessary to maintain the de- sign

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features required to preclude the exist- ence or development of an ignition source within the fuel

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tank system of the airplane.

(c) Submit a report for approval to the FAA Aircraft Certification Office (ACO), or office of the
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airplane, that:

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(1) Provides substantiation that the air- plane fuel tank system design, including all necessary

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design changes, meets the require- ments of 25.901 and 25.981(a) and (b) of this chapter; and

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(2) Contains all maintenance and inspec- tion instructions necessary to maintain the design

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features required to preclude the ex- istence or development of an ignition source within the fuel
tank system throughout the operational life of the airplane.
(d) The Aircraft Certification Office (ACO), or office of the Transport Airplane Direc- torate, having
cognizance over the type cer- tificate for the affected airplane, may ap- prove a report submitted
in accordance with paragraph 2(c) if it determines that any pro- visions of this SFAR not complied
with are compensated for by factors that provide an equivalent level of safety.

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(e) Each type certificate holder must comply no later than December 6, 2002, or within 18
months after the issuance of a type cer- tificate for which application was filed be- fore June 6,
2001, whichever is later; and each supplemental type certificate holder of a modification
affecting the airplane fuel tank system must comply no later than June 6, 2003, or within 18
months after the issuance of a supplemental type certificate for which application was filed
before June 6, 2001, whichever is later.
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