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CASA 78/12 - Permission and direction - helicopter operations (Aeropower)

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This instrument granted Aeropower Pty Ltd a special exemption to carry out high-risk helicopter operations for electricity transmission line maintenance.

Under normal aviation safety rules, passengers must be seated with seatbelts fastened during flight. This document permitted exceptions allowing:

Workers to stand on the helicopter's external undercarriage (skids) while the aircraft hovered
Workers to exit and board without wearing seatbelts or occupying seats

These exemptions applied only when:

The helicopter was hovering to allow access to a transmission tower
Landing was impossible or unsafe
The work involved maintaining power lines, or training for such work
The company followed strict safety protocols in their CASA-approved operations manual

The permission was restricted to this specific operator and had a fixed end date.

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CASA 78/12 - Permission and direction - helicopter operations (Aeropower)

Instrument number CASA 78/12

I, gregory JAMES HOOD, Executive Manager, 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
Operations Division

5 March 2012

Permission and direction — helicopter operations (Aeropower)

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day after registration; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of February 2015.

2 Application

This instrument applies to a helicopter flight mentioned in Schedule 1 (a special operation) by Aeropower Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 550845 (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

An operation to enable a person to emplane from, or deplane to, a transmission line tower structure, for maintenance purposes or in training for such an operation, in which 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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