Commonwealth legislation

CASA 43/08 – Permission and direction – helicopter charter operations

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This instrument grants Cape York Helicopters (Brazakka Pty Ltd) special exemptions from standard aviation safety rules for hover operations — situations where a helicopter stays stationary in the air without touching the ground.

Normally, passengers must be seated inside the aircraft with seatbelts fastened. This instrument creates two specific safety exemptions for charter flights where landing is impossible or unsafe:

External carriage: Passengers may stand on the helicopter's undercarriage (landing skids) to board or exit while the aircraft hovers.
No seatbelt requirement: Passengers do not need to occupy seats or wear seatbelts during these hover entries and exits, provided the helicopter is below 1,000 feet above the terrain.

These permissions only apply to the specific operator named in the instrument and only when the operations follow the safety procedures set out in their CASA-approved operations manual.

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CASA 43/08 – Permission and direction – helicopter charter operations

View image in the official sourceInstrument number CASA 43/08

I, gregory JEROME vaughan, 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 G.J. Vaughan]

Greg Vaughan
Group General Manager
General Aviation Operations

12 February 2008

Permission and direction — helicopter charter operations

1 Duration

This instrument:

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

(b) stops having effect at the end of 31 October 2009.

2 Application

This instrument applies to a helicopter flight in charter operations for which it is necessary to leave or board the helicopter when a landing is not possible or safe (the operations) by Brazakka Pty Ltd, trading as Cape York Helicopters, Aviation Reference Number 543383 (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 and at a height less than 1 000 feet above the terrain and to enable a passenger to leave or board the helicopter, 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 1.

Schedule 1 Condition

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

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1 CASA 43/08 – Permission and direction – helicopter charter operations

Instrument number CASA 43/08