| (1) | An aeroplane shall be installed with life-saving equipment when used on a route where an aeroplane may be flown over water at more than a distance corresponding to 120 minutes at cruising speed or 400nm, whichever is lesser, away from land suitable for making an emergency landing. |
| (2) | Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), a single engine landplane operated in accordance with regulation 91.04.25 used on a route over water at more than a distance corresponding to 30 minutes or 100nm, whichever is lesser, shall have— |
| (a) | life-saving rafts in sufficient numbers to carry all persons on board, stowed to facilitate their ready use in an emergency; |
| (b) | lifesaving equipment, including means of sustaining life as is appropriate to a flight undertaken; |
| (c) | equipment for making pyrotechnical distress signals; and |
| (d) | for a landplane of a MCTOW of over 27 000 kg, a securely attached underwater locating device operating at a frequency of 8.8 kHz which has the capability to operate for a minimum of 30 days and which device shall not be installed in wings or empennage. |
| (3) | Every person on board an aeroplane engaged on long range over water flight shall have access to a life jacket and equivalent individual flotation device equipped with a means of electric illumination for the purpose of facilitating the location of persons. |
| (4) | A life raft, survival radio equipment and information requirements for extended over-water flight shall be as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 91. |
| Note. | Underwater locator beacon performance requirements are as contained in the SAE AS6254, Minimum Performance Standard for Low Frequency Underwater Locating Devices (Acoustic )(Self-Powered), or equivalent documents. |
[Regulation 93.05.7 substituted by regulation 22(d) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
