Commonwealth legislation

CASA EX30/09 - Exemption - maximum take-off weight requirements in flight manuals or other documents (agricultural or restricted category aircraft)

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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Commonwealth

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legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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This exemption allowed certain single-engine agricultural aeroplanes used for private flights or aerial work to take off above the maximum take-off weight shown in their flight manual. Eligible aircraft held an agricultural or restricted certificate and had a permanent jettison system to dump their hopper in an emergency.

It matters because the emergency jettison capability reduces the safety risk of overweight take-offs, letting operators carry larger, economically viable loads. The instrument ran from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2011.

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CASA EX30/09 - Exemption - maximum take-off weight requirements in flight manuals or other documents (agricultural or restricted category aircraft)

Instrument number CASA EX30/09

I, MICHAEL DAVID QUINN, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Operations, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 308 (1) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

[Signed M.D. Quinn]

Mick Quinn
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Operations

27 March 2009

Exemption — maximum take-off weight requirements in flight manuals or other documents (agricultural or restricted category aircraft)

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 April 2009; and

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

2 Application

This instrument applies to single engine aeroplanes engaged in private or aerial work operations and having:

(a) a certificate of airworthiness in the agricultural category or in the restricted category; and

(b) a permanently installed jettison system to allow the pilot in command to jettison in flight the contents of a hopper or vessel permanently installed in the aeroplane.

3 Exemption — relating to maximum permitted take-off weight

This instrument exempts aircraft mentioned in section 2 from compliance with the requirements of regulation 138 of CAR 1988, to the extent that the regulation requires compliance with the maximum take-off weight contained in a flight manual or a placard or another document.

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1 CASA EX30/09 - Exemption - maximum take-off weight requirements in flight manuals or other documents (agricultural or restricted category aircraft)