# 2026-22951: Gulfstream Gets a Takeoff-Stall Safety Rule for Its G400

2026-22951, Special Conditions: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Model GVII-G400 Airplane; Flight Envelope Protection: Takeoff Stall Protection, is a Federal Register rule from Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration published 2026-11-10, effective 2026-11-10; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22951
- As of: 2026-11-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-22951
- Title: Special Conditions: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Model GVII-G400 Airplane; Flight Envelope Protection: Takeoff Stall Protection
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 72391
- Published: 2026-11-10
- Effective: 2026-11-10
- Comments close: 2026-12-28
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-11

## In one line

Gulfstream Gets a Takeoff-Stall Safety Rule for Its G400

## Summary

The FAA has set new safety rules for Gulfstream’s GVII-G400 airplane to prevent dangerous stalls during takeoff by adding special flight envelope protections. These rules kick in immediately and make sure this high-tech plane meets top safety standards. Gulfstream and anyone involved with this model should note the changes and can comment by the end of December 2026.

## Abstract

These special conditions are issued for the Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Gulfstream) Model GVII-G400 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 an envelope protection function to protect the airplane from over- and rapid- rotation on takeoff. 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.

## Effects PRIA read

- New certification safety rules for GVII‑G400: benefit, high. The FAA issued final special conditions that add safety requirements for the Gulfstream Model GVII-G400 airplane’s electronic flight control envelope protection for takeoff. These special conditions are effective on November 10, 2026 and will be applied as part of the Model GVII-G400 type certifica…
- Required behavior for envelope protection functions: benefit, high. For airplanes that use envelope protection functions (like the GVII-G400), the FAA requires that those functions must not unduly limit maneuvering or interfere with normal or emergency operations; must have onset characteristics appropriate to the phase of flight; must not cause unsafe characterist…

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## Sources
- [2026-22951 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/10/2026-22951/special-conditions-gulfstream-aerospace-corporation-model-gvii-g400-airplane-flight-envelope)
- [2026-22951 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-10/pdf/2026-22951.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22951 (as of 2026-11-11).