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

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 91 : General Aviation and Operating Flight Rules

Subpart 8 : Performance Operating Limitations

91.08.1 General provisions

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(1)The owner or operator of an aircraft shall ensure that, under all conditions that could reasonably be expected to be encountered, the aircraft is operated in compliance with—
(a)the terms and conditions of the certificate of airworthiness and AFM issued in respect of such aircraft;
(b)the operating limitations, the markings and placards as prescribed by the appropriate authority of the State of Registry; and
(c)the mass limitations prescribed in Part 21 or as imposed by compliance with the applicable noise certification standards under which the aircraft was certified unless otherwise authorized in exceptional circumstances by the competent authority of the State in which the aerodrome is situated for a certain aerodrome or a runway where there is no noise disturbance problem.

 

(2)In complying with subregulation (1), the owner or operator shall take account of airframe configuration, environmental conditions and the operation of systems which may have an effect on the performance of the aircraft, when appropriate, including aircraft mass, operating procedures, the pressure altitude appropriate to the elevation of the aerodrome, temperature, wind, runway gradient and condition of runway.

 

(3)An air service operator of an aircraft engaged in a commercial air transport operation, shall comply with the provisions of the appropriate regulations in Parts 93, 121, 127, or 135, as the case may be.

[Regulation 91.08.1(3) substituted by regulation 11(n) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]