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CASA 561/09 – Authorisation, permission and direction – helicopter special operations

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This instrument gives Heliquip Pty Ltd narrow exemptions from standard aviation safety rules so it can perform otherwise prohibited high‑risk manoeuvres — such as mid‑air pickups, external carriage and hover entries/exits without seatbelts — during search‑and‑rescue, law‑enforcement, firefighting or their training when landing is impossible. It only applies if the company follows its CASA‑approved operations manual.

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CASA 561/09 – Authorisation, permission and direction – helicopter special operations

Instrument number CASA 561/09

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

18 December 2009

Authorisation, permission and direction — helicopter special operations

1 Duration

This instrument:

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

(b) stops having effect at the end of 31 December 2011.

2 Application

This instrument applies to a helicopter flight mentioned in Schedule 1 (a special operation) by Heliquip Pty Limited, Aviation Reference Number 558829 (the operator).

3 Authorisation

The pilot in command of a helicopter operated by the operator may pick up a person when the helicopter is in flight.

4 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.

5 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.

6 Condition

Each permission in section 4 is subject to the condition mentioned in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1 Special operation

A helicopter search and rescue, law enforcement, firefighting or related training operation, 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.

Source text

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

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