Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 135 : Air Transport Operations - Carriage of less than 20 passengers or cargo

Subpart 5 : Aeroplane Instruments and Equipment

135.05.14 Equipment requirements for aeroplanes on long range over-water flights
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(1)An aeroplane used on a route where it may be flown over water shall be installed with life-saving equipment under the following circumstances:
(a)if such aircraft may operate at a distance corresponding to at least 120 minutes or at cruising speed or 400 nm, whichever is the lesser, away from land suitable for making an emergency landing; and
(b)in the case of a twin-engine aircraft with one engine inoperative or a 3 or more engine aircraft with two engines inoperative, if it may operate at a distance corresponding to at least and minutes or 100 NM, whichever is lesser, for emergency landing.

 

(2)Life-saving equipment referred to in subregulation (1) shall include—
(a)life-saving rafts in sufficient numbers to carry all persons on board, stowed so as to facilitate their ready use in an emergency, and shall include means of sustaining life as is appropriate to the flight to be undertaken;
(b)equipment for making pyrotechnical distress signals; and
(c)for an aeroplane of a MCTOW of over 27 000 kg, a securely attached underwater locating device operating at a frequency of 8.8 kHz which has the capability to operate for a minimum of 30 days.

 

(3)An underwater locating device referred to in subregulation (2)(c) shall not be installed in wings or empennage of an aeroplane.

 

(4)A life jacket or equivalent individual flotation device provided in an aeroplane shall be equipped with a means of electric illumination for purpose of facilitating the location of persons.

 

(5)Life raft, survival radio equipment and information requirements for extended over water flights shall be as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 91.

 

Note. - Underwater locator beacon (ULB) performance requirements are as contained in the SAE AS6254, Minimum Performance Standard for Low Frequency Underwater Locating Devices (Acoustic) (Self-Powered), or equivalent documents.

 

[Regulation 135.05.14 substituted by regulation 36(d) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]