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CASA 316/98 - Instruction under regulation 174A relating to the carriage of transponders by aircraft operating in controlled airspace

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This rule requires aircraft flying VFR in busy controlled airspace to carry functioning radar transponders (Mode A and Mode C) so controllers can see and separate them. It applies inside radar-covered Class A, B, and C airspace, and in Class E when the aircraft has an engine-driven electrical system able to power a transponder. It does not apply to operations within general aviation aerodrome procedures control zones.

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CASA 316/98 - Instruction under regulation 174A relating to the carriage of transponders by aircraft operating in controlled airspace

INSTRUMENT NUMBER: CASA 316/98

CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988

CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS

INSTRUCTION UNDER REGULATION 174A RELATING TO THE CARRIAGE OF TRANSPONDERS BY AIRCRAFT OPERATING IN CONTROLLED AIRSPACE

I, MICHAEL ROBERT TOLLER, Director of Aviation Safety:

(1) revoke instrument number CASA 207/98; and

(2) under regulation 174A of the Civil Aviation Regulations, on behalf of CASA, specify:

(a) that an aircraft must be fitted with a serviceable Mode A and Mode C secondary surveillance radar transponder before the aircraft undertakes a V.F.R flight within radar coverage in airspace that has been determined under subregulation 2.04 (1) of the Airservices Regulations to be Class A airspace, Class B airspace or Class C airspace; and

(b) that an aircraft with an engine driven electrical system capable of continuously powering a transponder must be fitted with a serviceable Mode A and Mode C secondary surveillance radar transponder before the aircraft undertakes a V.F.R flight in airspace that has been determined under subregulation 2.04 (1) of the Airservices Regulations to be Class E airspace.

This instruction does not apply to aircraft operating in general aviation aerodrome procedures control zones.

This instrument starts having effect on 25 August 1998.

[Signed M. Toller]

Mick Toller

Director of Aviation Safety

21 August 1998

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