Commonwealth legislation

CASA 305/10 – Permission and direction – helicopter special operations

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This instrument authorises Helistar Aviation Pty Ltd to allow people to stand on a helicopter’s external undercarriage (skids) while the aircraft hovers during emergency operations—search and rescue, police, firefighting, or training—where landing is unsafe or impossible. It creates a narrow exception to normal in‑flight seating/seatbelt rules, only for boarding or exiting under hover and only when conducted under the company’s approved safety procedures.

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CASA 305/10 – Permission and direction – helicopter special operations

Instrument number CASA 305/10

I, gregory JAMES HOOD, Executive Manager, CASA Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulations 151 (3), 207 (3), 250 (2) and 251 (9) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed Greg Hood]

Greg Hood
Executive Manager
CASA Operations Division

27 August 2010

Permission and direction — helicopter special operations

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 September 2010; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of 31 August 2012.

2 Application

This instrument applies to a helicopter flight mentioned in Schedule 1 (a special operation) by Helistar Aviation Pty Ltd, trading as Helistar Aviation, Aviation Reference Number 585948 (the operator).

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 2.

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 for a person to leave or board the helicopter when a landing is not possible or safe.

Schedule 2 Condition

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

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

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