Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 91 : General Aviation and Operating Flight RulesSubpart 5 : Communication and Navigation91.05.3 Use of global navigation satellite system |
| (1) | No person shall operate an aircraft using a GNSS as a means of navigation unless— |
| (a) | the GNSS equipment meets the airworthiness criteria prescribed in Document SA-CATS 91; |
| (b) | all flight crew members required by regulation or the type certificate of the aircraft being flown have received the training and checking specified in Document SA-CATS 91; and |
| (c) | the procedures specified in Document SA-CATS 91 are followed. |
| (2) | In order to fly published RNAV (GNSS) arrivals, departures and approach procedures; the PIC shall ensure that— |
| (a) | the air navigation routes to be flown are contained in the database of the aircraft; and |
| (b) | the information contained in the aircraft database is current. |
| (3) | The PIC shall fly the instrument departure of a FMS equipped aircraft without the capability of manually setting the course direction indicator (CDI), with the aid of a flight director. |
| (4) | Helicopter-only RNAV (GNSS) departure procedures shall be flown at 70 knots or less. |
| (5) | Upon clearance for the approach by the appropriate ATSU, the pilot shall select the appropriate aerodrome, the runway approach procedure and the initial approach fix on the RNAV system to determine the validity of the RAIM for such approach. |