VTOL.2270 Emergency conditions

• n/a found in: Small Category VCA (Revision 0) SC-VTOL (Oct 2024)

VTOL.2270 Emergency conditions n/a (a) The aircraft, even when damaged in an emergency landing, must protect each occupant against injury that would preclude egress when: (1) properly using safety equipment and features provided for in the design; (2) the occupant experiences ultimate static inertia loads likely to occur in an emergency landing; and (3) items of mass, including lift/thrust unit or auxiliary power units (APUs), within or adjacent to the cabin, that could injure an occupant, experience ultimate static inertia loads likely to occur in an emergency landing. (b) The emergency landing conditions specified in [VTOL.2270](#_DxCrossRefBm1877490369)(a) must: (1) include dynamic conditions that are likely to occur in an emergency landing; and (2) not generate loads experienced by the occupants, which exceed established human-injury criteria for human tolerance due to restraint or contact with objects in the aircraft. (c) The aircraft must provide protection for all occupants, accounting for likely flight, ground, and emergency landing conditions. (d) Each occupant protection system must perform its intended function and not create a hazard that could cause a secondary injury to an occupant. The occupant protection system must not prevent occupant egress or interfere with the operation of the aircraft when not in use. (e) Each baggage and cargo compartment must: (1) be designed for its maximum loading and for the critical load distributions at the maximum load factors corresponding to the flight and ground load conditions determined under this Special Condition; (2) have a means to prevent the contents of the compartment from becoming a hazard by impacting occupants or shifting; (3) protect controls, wiring, lines, equipment, or accessories whose damage or failure would prevent continued safe flight and landing for Category Enhanced, or a controlled emergency landing for Category Basic; and (4) be designed so that a fire does not preclude continued safe flight and landing for Category Enhanced, or a controlled emergency landing for Category Basic.