Commonwealth legislation

CASA 183/08 – Approval and directions – operations without an approved digital flight data recorder

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This document is a one-off permission slip from the aviation safety regulator (CASA) allowing a specific private jet (a Cessna C550 with registration VH-CCJ) to operate without a digital flight data recorder — the "black box" that records technical flight data.

Normally, this equipment is mandatory, but this instrument granted a temporary exemption. To use this permission, the aircraft had to follow three strict rules:

Private use only — no commercial charter or airwork operations
No flying training — couldn't be used for teaching pilots
Working voice recorder — had to maintain a serviceable cockpit voice recorder (the audio recording device)

The exemption was time-limited (until March 2010) and the aircraft still had to meet all other safety requirements under the relevant aviation order (CAO 20.18).

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CASA 183/08 – Approval and directions – operations without an approved digital flight data recorder

Instrument number CASA 183/08

I, GREGORY JEROME VAUGHAN, Group General Manager, General Aviation Operations, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 207 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed G.J. Vaughan]

Greg Vaughan
Group General Manager
General Aviation Operations

3 April 2008

Approval and directions — operations without an approved digital flight data recorder

1 Duration

This instrument:

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

(b) stops having effect at the end of 31 March 2010.

2 Application

This instrument applies to the Cessna Aircraft Company C550 (Brovo) aeroplane, serial number 550-0953, with nationality and registration marks VH‑CCJ (the aeroplane).

3 Approval

A person may operate the aeroplane without an approved digital flight data recorder.

4 Directions

The aeroplane:

(a) may only be operated in private operations; and

(b) must not be operated in flying training operations; and

Note The aircraft must comply with all other requirements of Civil Aviation Order 20.18.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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