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CASA 116/13 - Directions under subregulation 235 (2) relating to landing weight and landing distance required

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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Commonwealth

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legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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This instrument provided temporary operating instructions specifically for Tiger Airways Australia regarding how their pilots calculated safe landing distances for Airbus aircraft.

What it required:

When planning landings during flight (not before takeoff), pilots had to calculate the required landing distance by taking the manufacturer's "in-flight landing distance" figure—which accounts for current conditions like runway surface, weather, and aircraft weight—and multiplying it by 1.15 (adding a 15% safety buffer)
Pilots could find this data using approved electronic flight bag devices or the aircraft's operations manual

Who it covered:

Only Tiger Airways Australia pilots operating Airbus aircraft

Key limitations:

The 15% multiplier rule did not apply during emergency situations
It temporarily overrode the standard landing distance requirements found in Civil Aviation Order 20.7.1B

Duration:

This short-term direction automatically expired by 30 November 2013 or when the relevant aviation order was amended, whichever came first.

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CASA 116/13 - Directions under subregulation 235 (2) relating to landing weight and landing distance required

Instrument number CASA 116/13

I, gerard john campbell, Acting Executive Manager, Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 235 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed G.J. Campbell]

Gerard J. Campbell
Acting Executive Manager
Operations Division

26 June 2013

Directions under subregulation 235 (2) relating to landing weight and landing distance required

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day of registration; and

(b) stops having effect, as if it had been repealed by another instrument, at the earlier of:

(i) the coming into effect of the next amendment of subsection 11 of
Civil Aviation Order (CAO) 20.7.1B; or

(ii) 30 November 2013.

2 Application

This instrument applies to Tiger Airways Australia Pty Limited, Aviation Reference Number 766093 (the operator), and pilots employed by the operator, when using the Airbus Operational Landing Distance concept, now referred to by Airbus in the Flight Crew Operations Manual as the in-flight landing distance.

3 Directions

I issue the directions in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Directions

1 In this Schedule:

EFB means electronic flight bag.

IFLD means the in-flight landing distance which is the actual landing distance required for the actual conditions, aeroplane configuration, runway conditions, and aeroplane system integrity using the deceleration devices planned to be used for the landing. The actual landing distance required is obtained by reference to the IFLD data supplied by the manufacturer either through an approved EFB or the aircraft’s Operations Manual.

2 Despite subsection 11 of CAO 20.7.1B, when in-flight, except in an emergency, pilots employed by the operator must use a landing distance that is 1.15 times the IFLD.

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1 CASA 116/13 - Directions under subregulation 235 (2) relating to landing weight and landing distance required