Commonwealth legislation

CASA 229/05 — Approval and directions — flight data recorders

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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

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This instrument gives Bristow Helicopters special permission to use flight data recorders that only keep the last 5 hours of recordings on certain Super Puma helicopters.

Background Flight data recorders (sometimes called "black boxes") normally must store more extensive flight history. This approval creates an exception for specific aircraft that have advanced health monitoring technology.

Who is affected? Only Bristow Helicopters Pty Ltd, and only for their BHA AS 332L (Super Puma) helicopters that have Integrated Health and Usage Monitoring Systems installed.

What must the operator do?

Record this permission in their operations manual (their internal rulebook for flights)
Continue following all other rules in Civil Aviation Order 20.18 (the main regulations about flight recorders)

Duration The approval applies from the day after registration until the end of June 2008.

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CASA 229/05 — Approval and directions — flight data recorders

View image in the official sourceInstrument number CASA 229/05

I, RICHard ARNOLD KOCH, Team Leader, Airworthiness, make this instrument under subregulation 207 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed R. Koch]

Richard Koch

Team Leader Airworthiness

29 June 2005

Approval and directions — flight data recorders

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of June 2008.

2 Application

This instrument applies to each BHA AS 332L (Super Puma) helicopter:

(a) installed with Integrated Health and Usage Monitoring Systems; and

(b) operated by Bristow Helicopters Pty Ltd (the operator).

3 Approval

The operator may use the helicopter with a flight data recording that retains its last 5 hours of recording.

4 Directions

The operator must:

(a) enter the approval in its operations manual; and

(b) 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.

1 CASA 229/05 — Approval and directions — flight data recorders

Instrument number CASA 229/05