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CASA 146/09 - Permission and direction - helicopter special operations

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This grants Touchdown Helicopters Pty Ltd a narrow safety exemption allowing passengers or crew to ride on the helicopter undercarriage during hover boarding/exiting in high‑risk operations (search & rescue, police, firefighting) when landing isn’t possible. It’s limited to that operator, replaces the usual seatbelt requirement for the maneuver, and requires strict adherence to approved safety procedures.

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CASA 146/09 - Permission and direction - helicopter special operations

Instrument number CASA 146/09

I, gregory JAMES HOOD, Executive Manager, Air Transport Operations Group and Group General Manager, General Aviation Operations, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulations 207 (3), 250 (2) and (3), and 251 (9) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed Greg Hood]

Greg Hood
Executive Manager, Air Transport Operations Group and
Group General Manager, General Aviation Operations

3 April 2009

Permission and direction — helicopter special operations

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of March 2011.

2 Application

This instrument applies to a helicopter flight mentioned in Schedule 1 (a special operation) by the operator mentioned in Schedule 2.

3 Permission

When a helicopter is in the hover to enable a passenger to leave or board, the passenger may be carried on the undercarriage for the purpose of leaving or boarding.

4 Direction

When a helicopter is in the hover to enable a passenger to leave or board, the passenger is not required to occupy a seat or wear a seat belt.

5 Condition

The permission in section 3 is subject to the condition mentioned in Schedule 3.

Schedule 1 Special operation

A helicopter search and rescue operation, law enforcement operation, firefighting operation, or training for any of those operations, in which, for the purpose of the operation or training, it is necessary to leave or board the helicopter when a landing is not possible or safe.

Schedule 2 Operator

Touchdown Helicopters Pty Limited, Aviation Reference Number 772554.

Schedule 3 Condition

The special operation must be carried out in accordance with the instructions approved by CASA and set out in the operator’s operations manual.

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