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

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 105 : Operation of Parachutes and Drop Zones

Subpart 2 : Parachute Equipment

105.02.6 Automatic activation devices

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Each student parachutist or tandem master making a parachute descent, and every person making a parachute descent from above FL200, shall, in addition to regulation 105.02.2, be equipped with an automatic activation device on the reserve parachute, which has been—

(a)certified as compatible with the reserve parachute assembly on the parachute assembly packing-record by a parachute technician authorised by the designated body; and
(b)calibrated in accordance with the manufacturer's operating instructions;
(c)set to operate the reserve parachute at a minimum altitude of—
(i)for an individual parachute descent, 1 000 feet AGL or such lower altitude as predetermined and set within the automatic activation device by the manufacturer of such device for the category of use; and
(ii)for a tandem parachute descent, 2 000 feet AGL or such lower altitude as predetermined and set within the automatic activation device by the manufacturer of such device for use on tandem descents;
(d)inspected by the parachute technician in accordance with the manufacturer's Instructions.