Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 127 : Commercial Helicopter Operations: Passengers Cargo and MailSubpart 5 : Helicopter Instruments and Equipment127.05.1 Approval and use of instruments and equipment |
| (1) | The operator shall ensure that a flight does not commence unless the instruments and equipment required under this Subpart, or otherwise installed on the helicopter, are such that it will enable the flight crew to control the flight path of the helicopter, carry out any required procedural manoeuvres and observe the operating limitations of the helicopter in the expected operating conditions and are— |
| (a) | subject to the provisions of subregulation (2), approved and installed in accordance with the requirements, including operational and airworthiness requirements, applicable to such instruments and equipment; and |
| (b) | in a condition for safe operation of the kind being conducted, except as provided for in the minimum equipment list (MEL). |
| (2) | Except as provided in paragraph (1)(b) and subregulation (4), no person shall conduct a take-off in a helicopter with instruments or equipment that are not serviceable or that have been removed, where such instruments or equipment are required by— |
| (a) | the standards of airworthiness that apply to the type of flight being undertaken; |
| (b) | any equipment list published by the helicopter manufacturer respecting helicopter equipment that is required for the intended flight; |
| (c) | an air operator certificate; |
| (d) | an airworthiness directive; or |
| (e) | these Regulations. |
| (3) | The operator shall not be required to obtain approval for the— |
| (a) | fused referred to in regulation 91.04.2; |
| (b) | intrinsically safe electric torches referred to in regulation 91.04.3(1)(d); |
| (c) | accurate time piece referred to in regulations 91.04.4 and 91.04.5; |
| (d) | first aid equipment referred to in regulation 91.04.16; |
| (e) | megaphones referred to in regulation 91.04.24; |
| (f) | survival equipment referred to in regulation 91.04.29; and |
| (g) | sea anchors and equipment for the mooring, anchoring or manoeuvring of amphibious helicopters on water, referred to regulation 91.04.30. |
| (4) | A person may conduct a take-off in a helicopter that has instruments or equipment that are not serviceable or that have been removed where the helicopter is operated in accordance with the conditions of a flight permit that has been issued by the Director specifically for that purpose. |
| (5) | No person shall conduct a take-off in a helicopter for which a minimum equipment list has not been approved and the helicopter has instruments and equipment, other than the instruments and equipment specified in subregulation (2), that are not serviceable or that have been removed unless— |
| (a) | where the unserviceable instrument or equipment is not removed from the helicopter, it is isolated or secured so as not to constitute a hazard to any other helicopter system or to any person on board the helicopter; |
| (b) | the appropriate placards are installed as required by the maintenance control manual; and |
| (c) | an entry recording the actions referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) is made in the flight folio, as applicable. |