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

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 91 : General Aviation and Operating Flight Rules

Subpart 6 : Rules of the Air

Division One : Flight Rules

91.06.14 Water operations

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(1)When two aircraft or an aircraft and a vessel are approaching one another and there is a risk of collision, the aircraft shall proceed with careful regard to existing circumstances and conditions including the limitations of the respective craft.

 

(2)An aircraft which has another aircraft or a vessel on its right shall give way so as to keep well clear.

 

(3)An aircraft approaching another aircraft or a vessel head-on, or approximately so, shall alter its heading to the right to keep well clear.

 

(4)An aircraft or vessel which is being overtaken has the right of way, and the one overtaking shall alter its heading to keep well clear.

 

(5)Aircraft landing on or taking off from the water shall, insofar as practicable, keep well clear of all vessels and avoid impeding their navigation.

 

(6)All aircraft on the water shall display lights between sunset and sunrise as prescribed in technical standard 91.06.10 of Document SA-CATS 91.

 

(7)In areas in which the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea are in force, aircraft operated on the water shall comply with the provisions thereof.